Maritime Insights – Dubai26 February 2025
Join Watson Farley & Williams Dubai Maritime team for the first Maritime Insights event in Dubai on 26 February 2025.
Join Watson Farley & Williams Dubai Maritime team for the first Maritime Insights event in Dubai on 26 February 2025.
In this article we discuss the Admiralty Court’s recent decision on claiming limitation of liability.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider construction payment disputes, challenges to an expert determination and a sanctions designation and a declaration of incompatibility of UK legislation with the ECHR.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we discuss cases on limitation of liability, calculating damages, conflicting jurisdiction agreements and the priority of a charge on property.
In this article, Natalie Jensen and Emma James discuss the implications of the Admiralty Court decision in The X-Press Pearl [2024] EWHC 3174 (Admty).
Welcome to the first Commercial Disputes Weekly of 2025 in which we consider guidance on the making of a building liability order, ship arrest for marina fees, sovereign immunity in employment issues and port penalties.
In this article, Aris Moschopoulos and Ioanna Gavriiloglou discuss the recent decision in Stournaras Stylianos Monoprosopi Epe v Maersk A/S that extends the duty of care on carriers in relation to representations made by third parties on bills of lading.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider maritime cases on sanctions and time bars, as well as restrictions on enforcement of foreign judgments for multiple damages and insurers’ rights to contribution.
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed the appeal in Fimbank Plc v KCH Shipping Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 38, holding that both the Hague Rules and the Hague Visby Rules’ one year time bars apply to claims for misdelivery occurring after discharge.
In this article, Nikki Chu, Archit Dhir and Fawwaz Ahmed discuss the decision in Augusta Energy SA v Top Oil and Gas Development Co Ltd, where the English Commercial Court granted interim anti-suit relief against Nigerian proceedings that had been commenced in breach of an English court jurisdiction agreement.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider two cases dealing with how damages are calculated, the grant of summary judgment following acceleration of a loan and interpretation of conditions precedent in a construction contract.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider sovereign immunity in arbitration, what is adjudication business, a jurisdiction clash and whether the Secretary of State’s legislative actions during the pandemic qualify as ‘policing’.