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‘Without Prejudice’ Statements – An ‘Interpretation’ Exception
About two decades ago, five judges of the House of Lords handed down the landmark decision in Pepper v. Hart, [1992] 3 W.L.R. 1032, whittling down to a great extent, the scope of the ‘exclusionary rule’ that precluded consideration of … Continue reading
Posted in Et Cetera Tagged exclusionary rule, Parole evidence, Pepper v. Hart, Without prejudice 3 Comments
International Arbitration and Foreign Lawyers
(The following is a guest post from Deepak Raju, who runs the Lex Arbitri blog on arbitration law. He discusses the relationship between the existing law on foreign lawyers practicing in India and India’s prospects as an emerging hub of … Continue reading
Chinese Exchange Rate controversy: The Legal Application of the Staiger-Sykes Model
Among the more debated issues in international economic law in recent times has been the Chinese currency rate ‘manipulation’. Opinio Juris summarises the recent developments on the issue here. Opinio Juris has highlighted scholarly writings on the issues by Prof. … Continue reading
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Tax Deduction at Source
The scope of s. 195(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Continue reading
Gandhi and P-Notes
How a commercial dispute shaped the course of Gandhiji’s life Continue reading
Equitable Compensation – The Element of Causation
The decision of the House of Lords in Transfield v. Mercator provoked great legal controversy in the law relating to remoteness in contractual damages. Two Court of Appeals decisions – Gwembe Valley Development Co. v. Thomas Koshy [2003] EWCA Civ … Continue reading
Posted in Et Cetera Tagged Account for profits, Equitable Compensation, Fiduciary duty, Remoteness 5 Comments
Guest Post – Differential Shares
The Flip-Flop Over Shares With Differential Rights Continue reading
Fiduciary Duties: To whom are they owed?
Mr. V. Umakanth had noted here the recent trend of imposing civil liability on auditors which are owed directly to shareholders. He had pointed out that this constitutes a departure from the traditional wisdom that the duty of reasonable care … Continue reading
Posted in Et Cetera Tagged Derivative action, Directors' Duties, Duty to shareholder, Prof. Wedderburn 6 Comments
The Software Dilemma
The Legal Classification of Software in India Interestingly, it is often the most ubiquitous commercial commodity that poses the greatest difficult to the law. In many cases, this is because it is difficult to “classify” the commodity in question under … Continue reading
Court of chancery on corporate personality & civil procedure
Judicial indecision in the application of the doctrine of separate personality of corporations has created legal controversies in various branches of law. A recent order by the Court of Chancery (Delaware) in Dawson v. Pittco Capital Partners [Case No. 3148-CC] … Continue reading
Posted in Et Cetera Tagged Corporate veil, Production of documents, Separate personality Leave a comment