Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 132
Read the 132nd edition of our weekly update on Italian labour law.
Author: Sam Abreo Archive
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 181
This edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly considers three cases looking at different issues of jurisdiction and a further case that highlights the importance of contractual clarity as to when obligations terminate.
Background to the Energy Act 2023: REMA – Revolution, not evolution
Last summer, the UK government launched its Review of Electricity Market Arrangements. With another consultation expected imminently, now is the time to reflect on why change is needed.
Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 131
Read the 131st edition of our weekly update on Italian labour law.
US Sanctions on Venezuela Substantially Eased
On October 18, 2023, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 44 broadly permitting US and non-US persons to deal with Venezuelan crude and gas. Under the license, US and non-US persons generally can transport Venezuelan crude and gas until April 18, 2024.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 180
This edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly considers an arbitration award obtained by fraud, the appropriate forum for a claim of forced labour in Malaysia and two decisions involving attempts to resist enforcement of security for financing.
Investment changes coming to ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement
The recently signed upgrade to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement brings important changes for investors and sets up a work programme to review the agreement’s investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.
Prestige Oil Spill Aftermath Continues to Linger
It discusses a recent judgment regarding two arbitration awards issued in 2013, ordering a P&I Club to pay damages to France and Spain relating to the pollution caused by the MT Prestige oil spill in 2002.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 179
Back from a break, this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly looks at decisions on sanctions, the ongoing M/T Prestige saga and the grant of anti-suit injunctions to prevent breach of arbitration agreements.
The Cost of Contempt
DIFC Court follows English law principles for purging contempt.
