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Damages By Another Name: Recovering Litigation Funding Costs In Class Actions

Michael Vieyra Michael Vieyra from  KHQ Lawyers  on 

You’ve got to hand it to litigation funders. They continue to explore novel ways to ameliorate the significant cost of class action litigation. In Hunt Leather Pty Ltd v Transport for NSW (No 4), the NSW Supreme Court determined that the litigation funding arrangement in that case did not constitute a recoverable head of damage for class members.

Uruguay - Brazil: Key Aspects Of The Convention To Avoid Double Taxation

Joaquin Pelaez Joaquin Pelaez from  Castellán Abogados  on 

The CDI plans to eliminate double taxation in terms of taxes on income and wealth using the tax credit method, that is, allowing the refund in the country of residence of the taxpayer (under certain conditions) of the taxes paid in the other country.

The Benefits Of The Chilean Passport

Bárbara Román Bárbara Román from  Cuevas Abogados  on 

Did you know that the Chilean passport is considered one of the most powerful passports in Latin America, according to the ranking carried out by the firm Henley & Partners, since it is ranked 16th worldwide and number 1 in Latin America.

Clarifications On The Informative Declaration Of Virtual Currencies Located Abroad

Max Cladellas Max Cladellas from  Manubens Abogados  on 

The Ministry of Finance has recently approved three new information statements in relation to virtual currencies. These are models 172, 173 and 721.

The informative statements, forms 172 and 173, refer to the balances and operations carried out with virtual currencies (commonly called cryptocurrencies) by natural and legal persons.

To Guarantee Or Not To Guarantee: Is There A Choice?

Andrew Firman Andrew Firman from  Carter Lemon Camerons LLP  on 

Periodically in the course of life, you might be asked to give a personal guarantee. You might be the owner of a business which wants to borrow money and as well as your company giving a charge over property or over its other assets to the bank or finance company, they might want you to guarantee the company’s payment obligations.

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