The recent Court of Appeal judgment in The Songa Pride serves as a useful summary of the law on the limits placed on owners when nominating a port for repossession of their vessels.
Targeted reforms introduced by the UK Arbitration Act 2025 enhance clarity, efficiency and certainty which align with international best practices.
We discuss an interesting recent ruling of the English Commercial Court relating to the identity of charterparty owners in the context of establishing jurisdiction.
Jun specialises in resolving complex commercial disputes, particularly through international arbitration.
In a significant decision from the Technology and Construction Court, Alexander Nissen KC found that the claimant contractor, Matière SAS, had breached an express obligation of good faith under both a consortium agreement and a collaboration agreement in relation to the HS2 ‘Green Tunnels Project’.
This article discusses the recent financial penalty imposed by the FCA on the LME for failing to maintain adequate systems and controls.
Jamila Khan, Aris Moschopoulos, Dimitris Giomelakis all join WFW’s Athens office.
The CMC is the largest registering organisation for mediation in England and Wales.
A summary of new, important details that have been released on Thailand’s draft Security of Payment Act, which will introduce rapid resolution of payment disputes via adjudication to the Thai construction industry.
By signing the Green Pledge, arbitration practitioners commit to minimise the environmental impact of their practice.
The decisions covered in Commercial Disputes Weekly this week include the ongoing pandemic fallout, the Court of Appeal upholding a lower court decision on speed and consumption warranties in charterparties, the problem with shareholders claiming for loss of a company and the law of privilege in cross-jurisdictional litigation.
In Commercial Dispute Weekly Issue 107, the cases address some contractual basics; offer and acceptance, jurisdiction clauses and quantification of damages for breach. We also look at a decision highlighting the often difficult issue of when litigation privilege begins.
