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 Source: James Veysey, Shutterstock The low down   Viewed from Westminster, the Northern Ireland Assembly and its executive is a young and fragile devolution project – the potential for instability hard-baked into a constitution that requires bitter political foes to work together or not at all. That perspective, though, hardly reflects the whole story. This year the country marks a century of devolution. And following the Good Friday Agreement, a generation has now grown up since the UK go...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. A decision of the Supreme Court, the final court of appeal for civil cases in the United Kingdom, has clarified how the governing law of an arbitration agreement is to be determined when the law applicable to the contract containing it differs from the law of the "seat" of the arbitration. Background The case arose out a fire at a power plant in Russia. Chubb had insured the owner of the powe...

Storm Rannard Northern Ireland-headquartered Eakin Healthcare Group has expanded into a new market with the acquisition of Coleraine-based Armstrong Medical. Armstrong specialises in respiratory care products. The deal represents a diversification for Eakin Healthcare Group, which to date has specialised in ostomy and wound care products.   The combined resources of the two manufacturing businesses will help the group to grow its domestic and international presence.  Jeremy Eakin, managing ...