In three recent cases, the English courts have provided a series of warnings on the uses and abuses of expert evidence, from guidance on the avoidance of conflicts to the implications of a failure by experts to comply with their duties.
WFW is delighted to announce the relocation of Partner Alan Polivnick from Bangkok to Sydney, where he joins Robert Williams, Sydney Office Head and Head of WFW’s Asia Pacific Hotels & Hospitality team.
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, a Supreme Court decision on the procedure for enforcing arbitration awards against foreign states, a Privy Council decision on setting aside arbitration awards on public policy grounds, plus an important warning on the recording of remote hearings.
The operator of a large UK-based power station has successfully argued before the English Technology and Construction Court that it was entitled to withhold from retention for latter phases of work sums in respect of remedial works to earlier phases of that work.
The WFW Italy Regulatory team advised Made in Energy before the Regional Administrative Court of Milan on its request for the annulment of a sanction from the Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment regarding electricity imbalances.
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, an interesting judgment on the status and effect of an in rem judgment on an in personam collision claim, as well as the latest on anti-suit injunctions.
The decision will be of interest to all commercial parties whose businesses have been impacted by government measures in response to the pandemic.
The familiar principles of contractual interpretation take centre stage in three cases in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, together with an interesting judgment on litigation privilege, and the importance of applying to challenge an arbitration award promptly.
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, find out what might shiver a judge’s timbers on a without notice application, as well a case concerning the engine of a Ferrari 250 GTO, the interpretation of warranty provisions in an SPA, and the perils of exaggerated claims.
This article looks at a recent English Commercial Court decision on whether a vessel was off-hire when she was arrested by a third party.
With a Supreme Court decision on limitation, comments from the Court of Appeal on inconsistencies between specially agreed terms and standard terms, as well as a decision on decommissioning of oil and gas assets, the latest Commercial Disputes Weekly has plenty to pique your interest.
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