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Recent decisions on Islamic finance transactions

Which prevails in an Islamic finance contract: the chosen governing law, or the Shari’a? Two recent English judgments have helped to resolve this long-running debate. Richard de Belder and Paul Holland, partners at Denton Wilde Sapte specialising in this field, explain.

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