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“Now what news on the Rialto?”: the resurgence of capacity risk and the slow demise of contractual estoppel

19 March 2024 / Author(s): Professor Gerard McMeel KC
Issue: January 2023 / Categories: Feature

In this article Professor Gerard McMeel KC considers discussions in recent Italian local authority swaps cases of the controversial doctrine of contractual estoppel and its potential impact on questions of capacity.

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