Short Reads 3/3

Aug 28, 20204 min read

CFH Clearing Limited v Merrill Lynch International & ISDA Master Agreements - Yan Shen Tan

In the recent case of CFH Clearing Limited v Merrill Lynch International (“CFH Clearing Limited”), the Court of Appeal shed much light on...

Aug 28, 20203 min read

Adapt or Perish: The Retail Sector Under Pressure - Cameron MacDonald

TM Lewin, Harveys, Go Outdoors, Laura Ashley, Debenhams, Victoria’s Secret, Cath Kidston, John Lewis. All of these companies, and more,...

Aug 28, 20205 min read

Data Localisation and the Growth of Data Centres - Amelia Seymour

Across the world we are seeing a huge growth of data centres. The reasons for this are numerous; generally, they are being built at a...

Aug 28, 20204 min read

Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (“ESG”) Concerns in Oil & Gas - Arista Lai

What is ESG? ESG is a buzzword that is quickly rising in prominence in the current environment of economic, climate change and social...

Aug 28, 20203 min read

Lloyd v. Google: a Growing Space for US-style Class Actions? - Wesley Ding

In contrast to its friends across the pond, collective actions have not proliferated in England and Wales. In the High Court, collective...

Aug 28, 20204 min read

Houldsworth Village Management Co v Barton: The Law on Inspection of Company Registers -Yan Shen Tan

In Houldsworth Village Management Company Ltd v Barton[1] (“Houldsworth”), the Court of Appeal clarified the application of s 116 of the...

Aug 28, 20205 min read

Private Equity Amidst the Global Pandemic - Arista Lai

The last great recession of 2007-09 showed the resilience of private equity (“PE”) even in a financial crisis. Although the current...