In the Volokh conspiracy blog, the question about marriage being a contract is asked. He responded “I thought I’d respond to this on-blog because it illustrates a considerably broader point:…
£2.9bn, the cumulative worth of the 92 league clubs in England and Wales for 2010/11, up 9% on the previous season. Deloitte’s Annual Review of Football Finance showed that despite…
The UK and London will remain the world’s leading international and Islamic financial centres, said British Ambassador Iain Lindsay at a UK roundtable discussion at the WIBC. ‘Islamic finance, like…
Una novela histórica que narra de forma vívida el periodo entre la conquista del Reino de Granada y la expulsión de los Moriscos.
Qatar’s “straight forward” tax system has been recognised worldwide with the country securing the position of “2nd easiest country to pay tax globally” in an annual report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers,…
The Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement…
A recent press release from the Consejo General del Poder Judicial (General Council for the Judiciary) reports an interesting ruling of the Spanish Supreme Court. The decision, of 19 June…
As reported by Conflict of Laws, The Spanish Civil Procedure Act (Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil), adopted in 2000, required the Government to send to Parliament a bill of international legal…
An article in The Guardian by Simon Bowers reports that ‘the island should be ready to become independent, says senior minister after political attacks on finance industry.’ The full article…
The Spanish savings banks (SSBs) built-up excess capacity and risk concentration influenced by many stakeholders’ interests, including politicians in their decision-making bodies. SSBs were not subject to typical market discipline…