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Exclusion clauses: A more restrictive approach?By James Levy
While lawyers were all brought up on the principle of “freedom to contract”, there appears to be a growing trend that the Courts are today prepared to take a more restrictive approach when it comes to construing scope of an exclusion clause. The latest example of this can be found in the recent Court of Appeal case of Kudos Catering (UK) Limited –v- Manchester Central Convention Complex Limited [2013] EWCA Civ 38.
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Catching the Next 'London Whale': New Rules Could Push Derivatives Markets East
Owen Watkins comments on the International Business Times article regarding the US, UK and European regulation chiefs pledge to crackdown on risk management within derivatives trading, and tighter cross-border trading regulations in order to prevent a repeat of JP Morgan's major "London Whale" event loss, but which could inadvertently cause regulatory arbitrage.
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