According to Gregory Poling at the Asia-Maritime Transparency Initiative, China is using Whitsun Reef as “a parking lot—their preferred anchorage to keep an eye on the larger piece of real estate called Union Banks. [read post]

”Latest Court of Session opinion on Heather Capital, published 28 February 2017: EXTRA DIVISION, INNER HOUSE, COURT OF SESSION[2017] CSIH 19 CA207/14 and CA208/14 Lady Paton Lady Clark of Calton Lord Glennie OPINION OF LADY PATON in the cause HEATHER CAPITAL LIMITED (in liquidation) and PAUL DUFFY (as liquidator) Pursuer and Reclaimer against LEVY & McRAE and others Defenders and Respondents and HEATHER CAPITAL LIMITED (in liquidation) and PAUL DUFFY (as liquidator) Pursuer… [read post]

TUESDAY Paper Session: Comparative History of Legal Cultures (Private Law)Tue, 6/20: 10:00 AM  - 11:45 AM – Sheraton Maria Isabel Sala 455, Danubio Tower (4th Floor) ·         Chair—Andrés Botero Bernal, Industrial University of Santander ·         Discussant—Dong Jiang, Renmin University of China  ·         A Comparison of… [read post]