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5 | (4) |
| Acknowledgements |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (16) |
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11 | (6) |
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Cross-border legal interaction and ``third cultures'' |
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17 | (10) |
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27 | (14) |
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Practice of reinsurance in legal literature |
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27 | (3) |
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Research on dispute behaviour in the reinsurance market |
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30 | (11) |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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File analysis at the Commercial Court |
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36 | (1) |
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Judgment analysis of Commercial Court decision in reinsurance |
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37 | (2) |
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Data evaluation and presentation |
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39 | (2) |
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The London Reinsurance Market |
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41 | (18) |
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Reinsurance Business and Forms |
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41 | (8) |
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Development of the London Market |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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Reinsurance intermediaries |
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52 | (5) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (2) |
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The broker as underwriting agent |
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56 | (1) |
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Reinsurance in the London market |
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57 | (2) |
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Potential Legeal Conflicts |
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59 | (54) |
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59 | (17) |
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59 | (3) |
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Misrepresentation and Non-Disclosure |
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62 | (5) |
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Liquidation and cross-border insolvency |
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67 | (9) |
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76 | (3) |
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Factors determining the choice of dispute resolution mechanisms |
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79 | (7) |
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The international nature of the of reinsurance business in the London market and its influence on legal issues |
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86 | (27) |
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Definition of the underlying risk by Foreign Jurisdictions |
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87 | (1) |
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Where to proceed - The question of jurisdiction |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (5) |
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Convention cases (The Brussels and Lugano Conventions) |
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95 | (1) |
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Insurance matters according to the Convention |
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96 | (3) |
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Reinsurance: To be equated with insurance or not? |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (12) |
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The Institutions of Reinsurance Conflict Resolution in London |
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113 | (56) |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (25) |
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Legal-cultural differences faced by international parties when litigating before the Commercial Court |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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Originating summons procedure |
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131 | (1) |
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Service outside of the jurisdiction |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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133 | (2) |
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Evidence and expert witness |
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135 | (4) |
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The Commercial Court as decision-maker |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (11) |
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140 | (2) |
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Arbitration clauses in reinsurance contracts |
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142 | (9) |
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``Lex Mercatoria'' in reinsurance? |
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151 | (13) |
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Alternative dispute resolution |
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164 | (5) |
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169 | (10) |
| Bibliography |
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179 | (14) |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (4) |
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Rules and Codes of practice |
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184 | (1) |
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Reports and official papers |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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Press releases and briefing notes |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (5) |
| Appendices |
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193 | (10) |
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Appendix I: Questionnaire Solicitors |
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195 | (6) |
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Appendix II: Outline of the English Court system |
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201 | (1) |
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Appendix III: Recommended Arbitration Clause |
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202 | (1) |
| Exhibit: |
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203 | (1) |
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Writ of Trade Indemnity Plc. and others v. |
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203 | (1) |
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Forsakringsaktiebolaget Njord (1995) LRL 367 |
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