Check out this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly for the latest decisions from the English courts, from whether jurisdiction should be declined in relation to a fraud and bribery claim, to discussion of the meaning of “manager” and “operator” of a seagoing ship for the purposes of the 1976 Limitation Convention.
In this article we discuss the tourism “recovery plan” and the relevant measures recently announced by the Greek government.
In another busy week, the English courts have been asked to determine whether the London Stock Exchange should provide confidential information to an AIM-listed litigation funder, the circumstances in which an arbitrator should be removed from their position, and if a six year old order for committal should be set aside.
In this article we discuss the English Court of Appeal’s recent decision in A & B v C, D & E (2020), concerning the court’s power to make an order for the taking of evidence by way of deposition from a non-party witness in aid of a foreign arbitration.
The English courts continue to hand down judgments on issues as diverse as the enforcement of foreign judgments, the use of electronic bundles during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the approach to specific disclosure applications. Check out the latest Commercial Disputes Weekly to find out what’s been happening.
In a cautionary decision for parties involved in OFTO transactions, a High Court judgment confirms the importance of precise drafting within SPAs and other OFTO transaction documents to ensure that the parties’ intentions regarding risk allocation are reflected accurately.
In this article we consider the English Court of Appeal’s decision in Lakatamia Shipping Company Limited v Morimoto on applications for freezing orders and demonstrating a risk of dissipation.
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly find out when you can rely on without prejudice statements to rebut allegations of fraud, when the court will order a payment on account of costs and a salutary lesson on the risks of refusing to mediate.
The English Court of Appeal has provided much needed clarification on the interplay between the underlying law governing international agreements, the proper law of an arbitration clause in such agreements, and the parties’ choice of the seat of arbitration.
Confused about how to determine what the proper law of an arbitration agreement is? Well in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, find out how the Court of Appeal has tried to bring some clarity to the issue.
This is the fifth of our five-part series covering the issues facing the construction industry in five different jurisdictions across the world in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a judgment handed down today, WFW acted for the successful party on an appeal to the English Commercial Court on key questions concerning SAJ Form shipbuilding contracts (SBCs). This article explores the judgment.