This week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly contains a quartet of cases from the Court of Appeal covering issues on limitation periods, conflicting dispute resolution provisions and stays in favour of arbitration, as well as a decision on an application to remove an arbitrator in a dispute between Newcastle United and the Premier League.
Two Supreme Court judgments are covered in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly – one on the application of the 1972 Collision Regulations, and the other concerning jurisdiction challenges. Plus the outcomes of two challenges under the Arbitration Act 1996, and an anti-anti-suit injunction!
Our latest Commercial Disputes Weekly is now out, with cases on joining third parties to litigation, the risks of late applications, and a cautionary tale on search orders.
This week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly includes a trio of cases involving issues arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic, including arguments on frustration and change of law clauses, and consideration of whether an affidavit can be sworn remotely. Plus cases on disclosure, Part 36 and abuse of process to get your teeth into!
Check out this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly for the latest from the English courts, from guidance on costs budgeting in high value cases, to the importance of properly pleading allegations of fraud and a decision on whether a draft bill of lading contains a representation by the shipper as to the condition of cargo.
Find out what the Supreme Court had to say on the FCA’s business interruption test case in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, as well as Court of Appeal decisions on without prejudice privilege, whether an expert owes fiduciary duties to their client, and when a claim will be struck out as an abuse of process.
Find out what the Supreme Court had to say on the FCA’s business interruption test case in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, as well as Court of Appeal decisions on without prejudice privilege, whether an expert owes fiduciary duties to their client, and when a claim will be struck out as an abuse of process.
There are lots of cases to get your teeth into in our first Commercial Disputes Weekly of 2021, from decisions on asymmetric jurisdiction clauses and the costs implications of abandoning a claim, to the latest guidance on the Disclosure Review Pilot and the application of rules on challenging jurisdiction to stakeholder claims.
In the last of this year’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, discover the meaning of arbitration, what the Court of Appeal thinks about redundancy arguments when construing contracts, and when the English courts will restrain payment under a performance guarantee. With very best wishes to all our readers, we’ll be back in 2021!
Many of the cases in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly share a common theme – the importance of the principle of finality. Look out for decisions on enforcement of foreign judgments, the knowledge requirements for contempt and the approach to summary assessment of costs.
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly an important Supreme Court case on arbitrators’ duties to give disclosure of appointments in multiple arbitrators, as well as a pair of cases involving fine art.
Does Covid-19 constitute a force majeure event? Will the English courts allow parties outside the jurisdiction to attend a remote hearing? When can documents obtained from a Norwich Pharmacal application be used? Find out the answers to these questions and more in the latest Commercial Disputes Weekly.