Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 70
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, find out what the Court of Appeal had to say about banker’s duties, without prejudice privilege and limitation periods.
Article Archive
The EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Investments – Agriculture and Forestry (Soft Commodities)
In the fifth article of our sector series on the EU Taxonomy Regulation for Sustainable Investments, we set out the key concepts it introduced and explain what they means for market participants in the forestry and agriculture sectors.
US Dollar LIBOR Transition in asset finance – where are we now?
This article examines the recent regulatory and market body announcements relating to the transition away from LIBOR.
Ship leasing – risk of reclassification in US proceedings
As the importance of ship leasing as an alternative to debt financing grows, one potentially difficult and uncertain issue should be examined: the risk of a lease being recharacterised in US legal proceedings.
Anti-harassment training and the ‘reasonable steps’ defence
This article examines a recent case where it was held that the employer could not rely on the ‘reasonable steps’ defence where anti-harassment training provided to employees had become ‘stale’.
The Italian Hydrogen Strategy
In the seventh article in our ‘Hydrogen- what is the hype about?’ series, we provide an overview of the hydrogen sector and the strategy for its development in Italy.
Securing a Security: Implying limits in a guarantee
In this article, we look at an interesting decision from the English Commercial Court concerning the implication of terms into guarantees, which may raise alarm bells for some parties in the maritime sector.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 69
In our latest Commercial Disputes Weekly, find out when the legal costs principle will apply in shareholder disputes, what happens if a buyer makes an invalid nomination under an FOB contract, and whether the court will grant an adjournment if counsel withdraw from the case.
Listed companies: holding shareholder meetings in 2021
This article sets out some guidance for UK-listed companies looking to hold a shareholder meeting in 2021.
“Splitting the Steel” in Shipping Joint Venture Agreements
Ship-owning joint ventures are a common occurrence in today’s market. This article explores the “Steel Split”, a mechanism that is somewhat unique to maritime joint venture documents.
