First, the UK Government has been exemplary in ensuring the “seamless continuity” of the HCCH 2005 Choice of Court Convention throughout the uncertainties of the whole withdrawal process, as evidenced by the UK’s declarations and Note Verbale to the depositary Kingdom of the Netherlands.[17] The same applies mutatis mutandis to the HCCH 1965 Service Convention, to which all EU Member States are parties, and the HCCH 1970 Evidence Convention, which has only been ratified so… [read post]

Questions are now being asked why SBC claim ignorance of any of the events surrounding NERR which  also controlled New Earth Solutions Group.The full Isle of Man court judgement is here: IOM FSA v THE ECO RESOURCES FUND / 14 July 2017 / CIVIL - CHANCERY PROCEDUREA feature on the report is available here; Fresh calls for "waste fiasco" inquiryFull updates on the Scottish Borders Council fiasco and other news from the Scottish Borders can be found… [read post]