Back to Basics - Disputes Series
Statutory Demands in the BVI - Serve or Swerve? A statutory demand is a familiar feature of insolvency processes across the world, and the BVI is no different. In theory, a statutory demand can be a useful tool used by a creditor to force a company to either pay an outstanding debt, or run the risk of liquidation.


'Hallucinated’ case materials: A warning to lawyers
Case Commentary: Ayinde v Haringey & Al-Haroun v Qatar [2025] EWHC 1383 (Admin)

Computation of time in employment related matters: Play Safe!
Case Commentary- Employment Law BAYPORT MANAGEMENT LIMITED v SOWKHEE L M (2025 SCJ 249)


“Taking Note” may end on a bad note for litigants
The importance of replying to each paragraph of pleadings and the consequence of just “taking note” of averments has been extensively underlined in the recent case of ESPACE AUTOMOBILE LTEE v ASCENCIA LTD (2024 SCJ 438).


Mauritian Supreme Court disregards formality over substance under the New York Convention
On 24 September 2024, the Supreme Court of Mauritius, composed of three Designated Judges, delivered two judgments that once again highlight the non-interventionist approach of the Supreme Court in support of international arbitration and in the spirit of the New York Convention.
