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Jan 8, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Adam Cole |Craig Cordle
KEY TAKEAWAYS Schemes of arrangement are a vastly flexible mechanism to implement take private transactions and other restructuring in respect of Guernsey companies. Schemes are, in effect, a legally enforceable arrangement or compromise between the company and some or all of its creditors and/or some or all of its members, sanctioned by the Royal Court of Guernsey.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Aaron Sanders |Rupert Morris |Adam Cole
In a recent supplementary judgment on costs, Lieutenant Bailiff
of the Royal Court of Guernsey, Hazel Marshall KC (the
"Judge"), considered inter alia
the recovery of foreign lawyers' costs in hostile proceedings
in Guernsey. More specifically, it was the recoverability of fees
charged by English solicitors and English counsel (noting that this
was almost invariably the case when it comes to the costs
of external or foreign lawyers in Guernsey proceedings).
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Adam Cole |Rupert Morris |Aaron Sanders
BX v T Limited and AX and JX and CX and OX and PX and QX [2024]GRC066 (27 September 2024)In a recent supplementary judgment on costs, Lieutenant Bailiff of the Royal Court of Guernsey, Hazel Marshall KC (the "Judge"), considered inter alia the recovery of foreign lawyers' costs in hostile proceedings in Guernsey.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrew Chissick |Adam Cole |James Denham
key takeaways We are seeing increased interest in relation to the practicalities of enforcement by a receiver of English law security granted by an offshore entity. There are no formal requirements for Guernsey, Jersey and BVI companies to make a public registration of any foreign law security granted, but there are priority related benefits for a BVI company in doing so. The concept of using receivers for security enforcement is not a part of Guernsey or Jersey law.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
itrwrestling.com | Shounak Chakrabarti |Adam Cole
Adam Cole is finally set to make his long-awaited AEW television return. At WrestleDream 2024, fans were left stunned when Adam Cole returned after a gap of several months. Making the save on Daniel Garcia, Cole returned to ambush MJF and send him running through the crowd. Now after his PPV return, Tony Khan’s promotion has revealed the date of Cole’s television comeback. In an X (Twitter) post, AEW announced that fans can see Cole return on the 16th October episode of Dynamite at the SAP Centre.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
itrwrestling.com | Shounak Chakrabarti |Bryan Danielson |Jon Moxley |Adam Cole
MJF has written a farewell message for Bryan Danielson. The main event of WrestleDream saw Jon Moxley defeat Danielson to secure the World Championship. However, the loss meant the end of Danielson’s full-time wrestling career. The night ended with the former champion’s long-time ally, Wheeler Yuta also turning his back on him, and suffocating him inside the ring. As Danielson retired from his full-time wrestling career, his former rival, MJF penned a farewell message for him.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
itrwrestling.com | Shounak Chakrabarti |Adam Cole
Adam Cole might be on his way back to AEW soon. Last year in September, Adam Cole suffered a serious injury, when he broke his ankle in multiple places and required surgery. Cole and MJF enjoyed a close friendship until his eventual turn, costing MJF his AEW World Championship at the World’s End PPV. The Salt of the Earth returned earlier this year and confronted Cole at AEW Double or Nothing.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Sarah Brehaut |Adam Cole |Alison Ozanne |Jarrad Knoetze
Parties in civil cases must challenge opposing expert evidence through cross-examination to ensure a fair trial Criticisms of an expert's report should not be reserved for closing submissions if they could have been addressed during the trial The need for cross-examination depends on the specific circumstances of each case, with the focus on overall fairness and proportionality Relevant to that conclusion is the more recent question which the Supreme Court (in TUI v Griffiths [2023] UKSC 48)...
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May 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Sarah Ball |Sarah Brehaut |Adam Cole
In England & Wales proceedings are subject to a series of "Pre-Action Protocols" which set out the steps a Court would expect parties to take prior to commencing proceedings. The Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols applies to certain proceedings (the "Protocol").
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May 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Sarah Ball |Sarah Brehaut |Adam Cole
In our recent article covering litigation privilege and its reach to expert support (available here) we considered whether litigation privilege may be claimed over all the correspondence with a third party expert / a instructing party, concluding that it was not (for the reasons given in Kyla Shipping Co Ltd & Anor v Freight Trading Ltd & Ors [2022] EWHC 376 (Comm) (22 February 2022).
