Welcome to the first Commercial Disputes Weekly of 2025 in which we consider guidance on the making of a building liability order, ship arrest for marina fees, sovereign immunity in employment issues and port penalties.
We round the year off with an edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly that discusses decisions on limitation of liability, the enforcement of foreign judgments, formality requirements for a transfer of interest in shares and variation of construction contracts.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly we look at cases dealing with fraud, jurisdiction, privilege and disclosure issues.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly we consider a rarely used provision of the Arbitration Act 1996, as well as interpretation of a dispute resolution provision, negligent surveyors and the appropriate considerations where a claimant has served particulars of claim late.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly we consider the immovables rule versus insolvency, as well as consent to assignment, termination of a construction contract and jurisdiction for a share ownership dispute.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider maritime cases on sanctions and time bars, as well as restrictions on enforcement of foreign judgments for multiple damages and insurers’ rights to contribution.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider two cases dealing with how damages are calculated, the grant of summary judgment following acceleration of a loan and interpretation of conditions precedent in a construction contract.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider sovereign immunity in arbitration, what is adjudication business, a jurisdiction clash and whether the Secretary of State’s legislative actions during the pandemic qualify as ‘policing’.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider contractual interpretation issues in relation to termination, dividend calculations and material adverse effects, as well as whether a party carried on business within the jurisdiction for insolvency purposes.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider two Court of Appeal decisions on sovereign immunity and the powers of the London Metal Exchange, as well as the carrier’s duty of care and English court jurisdiction to support arbitration proceedings.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider the English court’s jurisdiction to enforce foreign judgments, two challenges to freezing injunctions and whether the pandemic was a catastrophe for insurance purposes.
A trio of company law cases in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, considering breach of fiduciary duty, after the event insurance and the evidential burden of establishing a trust.