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22
Jan 2024

Arbitration clauses are not valid in consumer insurance

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) released a circular entitled ‘Amendment of Arbitration Clause in General Insurance Policies’ which clarified the
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  • Tags : arbitration, Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, arbitration clause, dispute, insurance, insurance claim, insurance dispute, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, IRDAI
18
Jan 2024

Nominees cannot evade the rules on succession to retain shares in mutual funds

The Supreme Court clarified that nominations under the Companies Act do not grant absolute rights of ownership in favour of the nominee. Moreover, the
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  • Tags : Companies Act, Depositories Act, heir, heritage, inheritance, Jayanand Jayant Salgaonkar, nomination, ownership, Securities, Shakti Yezdani, share transmission, shareholder, shares, succession, succession law
12
Jan 2024

UK Supreme Court delivers blow to litigation funders

A UK Supreme Court ruling provided clarification on whether litigation funding agreements that permit funders to receive a portion of the awarded damages fall
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  • Tags : CA 2006, claims management services, CLSA, Compensation Act, Competition Appeal Tribunal, Courts and Legal Services Act, DAF, damages-based agreement, Damages-Based Agreements Regulations, DBA, DBA Regulations, Financial Services and Markets Act, FSMA, funding of litigation, LFA, litigation funding agreement, Road Haulage Association, Third Party Financing, UK Trucks Claim, United Kingdom Supreme Court
22
Dec 2023

When can a party claim confidentiality for an arbitration?

A June 2023 decision by the Singapore Court of Appeals (SGCA) has clarified when a party can claim confidentiality for arbitration hearings and acts
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  • Tags : arbitration, confidentiality, Deutsche Telekom, disclosure, Singapore Court of Appeals, Singapore International Commercial Court
18
Dec 2023

New act seeks to prevent the misuse of data in India

Data leaks not only pose a serious threat to the right to privacy, but also the very security of the citizens that the government
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  • Tags : cybersecurity, data, data privacy, data protection, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, DPDPA, privacy, right of privacy, security
21
Nov 2023

Intellectual property in cricket

Cricket is estimated to be the second-most watched sport in the world, and the most popular in India. Following the final of the Cricket
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  • Tags : Board of Control for Cricket in India, copyright, cricket, Cricket World Cup, intellectual property, International Cricket Council, IP, patents, trademark