In an article for Thomas Reuters Practical Law, Partner Charlotte Bijlani, Counsel Soraya Corm-Bakhos and Associate Haya Al Bawab share a checklist detailing the various types of fee arrangements available to parties in litigation and arbitration proceedings in the UAE.
In an article for Thomas Reuters Practical Law, Counsel Soraya Corm-Bakhos, Senior Associate Thomas Whitfield and Asscociate Haya Al Bawab provide a Practice Note with an overview of the law on third-party litigation funding in the United Arab Emirates.
The Court of Appeal has been busy recently with landlord and tenant disputes and we cover two such decisions in this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, together with a decision on the relevance of internal hedging of an oil sale contract to a delay damages claim and another don insurance of business interruption losses arising from the pandemic.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider the common themes of legislative interpretation, both UK domestic and international, and jurisdictional challenges in arbitration.
Tim has over 20 years’ experience working on a wide range of aviation and travel-related dispute resolution matters both in the English courts and in arbitrations.
A broad spectrum of cases in this issue of Commercial Disputes Weekly covering sanctions and loan notes, rent default in an aircraft lease, a shareholder derivative action challenging climate risk management and remoteness of losses in a cargo sale chain.
CDW will be taking a short break. The next issue will be available on Tuesday 6 June 2023.
Qualified in both England & Wales and France, Alexis excels at resolving complex multi-jurisdictional disputes.
In this article, we discuss the recent decision in ClientEarth’s action against Shell’s directors for alleged failure to comply with their duties to the company in relation to climate risk.
In the Global Ports Report 2023, Partners Florian Kutzbach, Sarah Ellington and Christina Howard discuss how those seeking financing for any such investment need to take into account the ever-intensifying focus on the ESG credentials of the wider shipping industry, and in particular the push for decarbonisation.
In this issue of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider a Supreme Court decision on limitation of time in respect of an oil spill, interpretation of an aviation lessor determination clause, the requirements for formation of a lease and whether it was reasonable to believe that sanctions applied.
In a judgment likely to benefit the whole aviation lessor community, WFW represented Genesis in its successful claims against SpiceJet for non-compliance with redelivery conditions.
Five Senior Associates have been promoted to Counsel.
