Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 274 November 2021
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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 932 November 2021
Enforcement of arbitration awards dominate this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, with the Supreme Court’s decision on the applicable law to determining the validity of an arbitration agreement, and the Commercial Court’s views on whether a counterclaim can be brought. Plus the first decision on costs capping orders since the introduction of costs budgeting, and an interesting decision from the Court of Appeal on the “battle of the forms” principle.
Invalid payment notices and a requirement for genuine belief1 November 2021
For the first time, the TCC has provided guidance on the requirement in s.110A(2)(a) of the Construction Act that a payment notice must state the sum the payer “considers” to be due.
Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 2628 October 2021
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Directors’ liability and sustainability objectives28 October 2021
As sustainable development is now an imperative for governments, it is clear that sustainability objectives are impacting businesses and their managing bodies under Italian law.
Tax authorities provide clarification of US-UK tax treaty after Brexit and USMCA27 October 2021
On July 26, 2021, the competent authorities of the United States and the United Kingdom entered into an arrangement (Brexit Arrangement) interpreting the US-UK income tax treaty.
When three become one: Claiming multiple debts in one adjudication26 October 2021
An important new decision from the English Technology and Construction Court shows how the courts are willing to adopt a common sense approach to assist parties owed money under construction contracts.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 9226 October 2021
This week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly considers an important decision from the Supreme Court on whether a claimant is obliged to plead and prove foreign law, as well as an interesting case for the maritime sector on sanctions clauses in LOUs, and guidance from the TCC on the operation of the new rules on trial witness statements.
Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 2521 October 2021
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Lawful act economic duress: the Supreme Court emphasises narrow application of doctrine21 October 2021
Can a claimant escape a contract that a defendant coerced them to enter into on the basis of threats to do something legal but potentially economically devastating to the claimant? That was the question addressed recently by the UK Supreme Court in Pakistan International Airline Corporation v Times Travel (UK) Ltd.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 9119 October 2021
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly there are important comments from the Court of Appeal on the enforcement of adjudication awards and whether uncontroverted expert evidence must be accepted, and the Commercial Court considers the effect of breach of an ADR provision.
Global Aviation Restructuring Index19 October 2021
Following the launch of WFW’s Global Aviation Restructuring Index (GARI), this article shares our insights on the data analysis beyond the headline debtor-friendliness and creditor-friendliness scores.