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News 10/06/2021
Kennedys boosts global insurance offering with new partner hire
We are pleased to have strengthened our London team with the appointment of partner Simon Durkin, formerly at Weightmans.
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News 07/12/2021
Kennedys continues growth in the US
Kennedys continues to deepen its bench of offerings with the addition of partner Judith A Selby to its New York office.
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Article 08/25/2020
Bermuda: International Arbitration 2020
Mark Chudleigh and Laura Williamson author the Bermuda chapter in the 2019 ICLG to: International Arbitration Laws and Regulations, a guide which covers common issues in international arbitration laws and regulations - including arbitration agreements, governing legislation, choice of law rules, selection of arbitral tribunal, preliminary relief and interim measures - in 34 jurisdictions.
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News 04/07/2020
Kennedys to support London International Disputes Week
Our international arbitration and commercial disputes teams are proud to be supporting members of next year’s London International Disputes Week. In light of Covid-19, the London International Disputes Week (LIDW) events that were scheduled to take place in September have been postponed until the week of 10 May 2021.
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Article 03/25/2020
Employ the wrong litigation strategy and wave goodbye to arbitration
In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a trial court’s denial of a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration finding that the party had waived the right to arbitrate. In Brickstructures, Inc. v. Coaster Dynamix, Inc., ___ F.3d ___, Case No. 19-2187 (7th Cir. March 11, 2020), the Plaintiff brought suit against its former business partner alleging That Coaster Dynamix breached a joint venture agreement and its fiduciary duties and false advertising in violation of the Lantham Act. Id. at *3. Coaster Dynamix moved to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Federal Rule 12(b)(6). Arguing that the joint venture agreement was an unenforceable contract. The trial court, however, dismissed the complaint on jurisdictional grounds. Id.
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Article 08/27/2019
Bermuda: International Arbitration 2019
Partner in Bermuda Mark Chudleigh authors the Bermuda chapter in the 2019 ICLG to: International Arbitration Laws and Regulations, a guide which covers common issues in international arbitration laws and regulations - including arbitration agreements, governing legislation, choice of law rules, selection of arbitral tribunal, preliminary relief and interim measures - in 52 jurisdictions.
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Article 07/10/2019
New insurer class to assist further development of Bermuda’s insurance-linked securities industry
Despite competition from other jurisdictions, Bermuda continues to be the domicile of choice for alternative capital capacity, with more than half of the share of the global alternative capital market.
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Case review 01/04/2019
Anti-suit injunction enforces the contractual agreement to arbitrate
The English High Court has recently found in favour of a claimant insurer in granting an anti-suit injunction to restrain a non-EU defendant insured from breaching a contractually agreed arbitration clause.