In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, reminders from the Court of Appeal of the importance of the open justice principle and the consensual nature of arbitration, as well as an interesting decision on the interaction between insolvency regimes and jurisdiction clauses.
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, Supreme Court success on liquidated damages clauses, three cases from the Court of Appeal on privilege issues, and an interesting update on the rules regarding trial witness statements.
The UK Supreme Court has today handed down a significant decision on the interpretation of liquidated damages clauses. Watson Farley & Williams acted for the successful party, PTT Public Company Limited.
While 2020 proved to be a challenging year for offshore oil and gas markets, the same cannot be said about offshore renewables, which saw substantial growth. Offshore renewable projects achieved an estimated record project sanctioning of US$56bn, which, for the first time, represents a higher amount than offshore oil and gas.
Read the eleventh edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
Welcome to the fifth edition of Watson Farley & Williams’ maritime disputes newsletter – a publication designed to help you get to grips with the latest developments in English maritime law.
See here for decisions on general contract topics made by the English courts.
See here for a selection of recent decisions by LMAA tribunals, published in association with the Lloyd’s Maritime Law Newsletter.
See here for the latest maritime decisions made by the English courts.
We advised floating wind expert BlueFloat Energy on the formation of its new partnership with onshore wind community engagement pioneer Falck Renewables and world-leading Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted to participate in the upcoming ScotWind leasing round.