Maritime Insights – Dubai26 February 2025
Join Watson Farley & Williams Dubai Maritime team for the first Maritime Insights event in Dubai on 26 February 2025.
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Prominent Chinese Shipping Companies Added to US “Non-blacklist”13 January 2025
The outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden added several prominent Chinese companies to a list of “Chinese military companies” maintained by the Department of Defense.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 2273 December 2024
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.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 22626 November 2024
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.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 22519 November 2024
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.
Navigating Ship Finance: Expert Insights and Networking4 September 2024
Hear from WFW experts on the topics of ‘Mortgagee’s Interest Insurance – why you need it but what it won’t do’, ‘Sanctions update for lenders’, and an exclusive interview with Jan-Philipp Rohr, Global Head of Shipping of Hamburg Commercial Bank.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 20918 June 2024
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly we consider decisions from courts at all levels dealing with issues relating to sanctions, arbitration enforcement, damages, leases and contract interpretation.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 20811 June 2024
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider two further decisions arising from the war in Ukraine, a planning issue relating to the ‘Bibby Stockholm’ and the interpretation of a limitation of liability claim.
Cuba sanctions: US government authorizes “u-turn” financial transactions11 June 2024
US sanctions on Cuba have been slightly eased, after the OFAC amended the CACR on May 28.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 2074 June 2024
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider the application of recoveries with layered insurance, the duty of care of a marina owner, whether a second adjudication overlapped with the first adjudication settlement and further guidance on protections for leaseholders from cladding remediation costs.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 20621 May 2024
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider two more key decisions from the UK Supreme Court on force majeure, sanctions and company director liability in tort. We also discuss a tenant’s remedy for the landlord obtaining a lease termination order by misrepresentation and the latest example of the English courts upholding English jurisdiction agreements against attempts by the Russian courts to override them.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 18428 November 2023
This edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly contains reminders of the need for clear contract drafting, as well as considering whether there was apparent bias following a judge’s speech and when a Master’s negligence gives a shipowner a defence to breach of charterer’s orders.