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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 1289 August 2022

Jurisdiction issues arise in three of the cases in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly with a clash between an arbitration agreement and a direct action statute, the latest instalment in the dispute over Venezuelan gold and how to serve orders through blockchain on unidentified website operators. The final case considers the requirements for terminating a bareboat charter following a terrorism event of default.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 1272 August 2022

A quartet of interpretation cases this week: Commercial Disputes Weekly covers decisions by the Court of Appeal on rent cesser clauses during the pandemic and the requirements for rent repayment orders, and the Commercial Court looks at a commodities sale and purchase agreement and decisions of an arbitral tribunal and judge.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 12626 July 2022

In Commercial Disputes Weekly we consider a crucial decision holding the UK Government to account for failing to comply with its obligations to achieve net zero. We also look at the ever controversial issue of liquidated damages, a stealth jurisdiction argument and an unsuccessful challenge to the Court of Appeal’s approach to allowing grounds of appeal.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 12519 July 2022

A few firsts this week with the successful recovery by a building owner of the costs of replacing cladding post Grenfell and the first decision under the coronavirus rent arbitration scheme. Commercial Disputes Weekly also discusses a key decision in the ongoing quest for recompense by the victims of the Fundao Dam disaster and a Court of Appeal decision in relation to apparent bias.

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