This issue of Commercial Disputes Weekly considers the recent UK Supreme Court decision on the conclusive nature of a landlord’s certificate of service charges due, a significant change in calculation of the value of limitation funds under the Hague-Visby Rules, obligations to accept delivery under aircraft leases and when an English court will grant declaratory relief to assist with debt claims in other jurisdictions.
The latest Commercial Disputes Weekly considers the appropriate notional contract under the GAFTA default clause, adjudication decisions on limitation and notices of dissatisfaction and a requirement to exchange contracts within seven days.
In a recent article for the German international maritime journal, HANSA, Partners Dr Christian Finnern and Dr F. Maximilian Boemke share their thoughts on the effects sanctions against Russia are having on the shipping industry.
The 2021 Annual Competition Law, which recently came into force, introduces significant amendments to the Italian legislation concerning antitrust and abuse of economic dependence.
Read our latest article analysing the Prime Ministerial Decree No. 133 of 2022, which entered into force on 24 September 2022.
We offered a series of webinars looking at some of the notable issues shipowners and operators face in the near to medium term, with insight from our leading experts in issues of maritime environmental, tax and employment law.
Commodities disputes have kept the courts busy this week and allowed the first reported decision on the implied term that insurers will pay claims within a reasonable period. Commercial Disputes Weekly also looks at a Supreme Court decision on the Housing Act 1985 and a case of enforcement of personal guarantees.
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.
In the final part of a two-part series of articles, we examine the international legal and regulatory framework and the significant ESG risks that deep-sea mining has the potential to create.
In part one of a two-part series of articles, we examine why we may need to look at deep-sea mining and what is required to make it happen in practical terms.
As of 1 January 2020, shipowners and lessors may apply an exceptional tax depreciation when acquiring equipment using decarbonised energy for the main or auxiliary propulsion of a vessel.
In this brief update, we consider how leaked amendments to the draft EU Maritime Emissions Trading System (ETS) proposal could impact the apportionment of ETS costs and liabilities in the maritime sector.
