How Brent Crude Oil’s Dominance Could Come To An End28 October 2020
Partner Andrew Hutcheon and Associate George Garthwaite have written an article for Law 360 exploring the world’s leading crude oil benchmark, Brent.
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Bliss for shipowners! Damages may be claimed in addition to demurrage for voyage charterparty delay27 October 2020
This article discusses a significant recent decision by the English Commercial Court which answers a much-debated question for owners.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 4927 October 2020
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, find out the latest on amendments to costs budgets, when a party can be joined to existing proceedings, and why the Court of Appeal described an application as being “redolent with illegitimate collateral purposes, subterfuge and manifest unfairness”.
Behind bars in Thailand for a negative hotel review?22 October 2020
This article examines Thailand’s recent high profile case on hotel defamation and the Computer Crimes Act, and considers significant issues that travel and tourism-related OTAs, websites and platforms should be aware of.
The Anatomy of an LNG to Power Project21 October 2020
This is the first of a series of articles on the LNG-toPower projects, and will look at the risk matrix for the main components of an LNG-to-Power value chain as well as suitable mitigants, starting with a ‘bigger picture’ approach..
The Government’s Draft for a Revised Renewable Energy Act 2021- an Overview20 October 2020
The German Government has issued a draft for a substantial revision of the Renewable Energy Act, with a view to paving the way to achieving national climate targets.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 4819 October 2020
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly find out the English’s court’s view on whether a “material adverse effect” clause could cover the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the Court of Appeal’s decision in a case raising important issues on misuse of confidential information and the tort of conspiracy to injure by unlawful means.
Owners vs. loyalty programs: Time for transparency, shared risk?19 October 2020
Felicity Jones and Alan Polivnick have once again collaborated for a feature article in prominent hospitality trade publication Hotels Magazine.
BIMCO ‘SHIPLEASE’ Term Sheet19 October 2020
In this article we discuss how the ever-growing importance of sale and leaseback transactions as an alternative to financing ships by way of loan, makes it both timely and welcome that BIMCO has produced a standardised term sheet.
How Marketers can shift from ‘Business Services’ to ‘Trusted Advisor’ within their firms16 October 2020
In a podcast with Passel, Rippan Vig, Director of Client & Strategic Development at WFW explores how Marketing, Business Development and Communications teams make a shift, and position themselves as trusted advisors within their firms.
A privileged position15 October 2020
This article examines a recent case in which the Commercial Court confirmed that English rules on legal professional privilege extend to protect communications with in-house lawyers irrespective of their location or country of qualification.
US Sanctions: Spotlight on Russia14 October 2020
In the fifth of a seven-part series on the application of US sanctions to the shipping community, this article explores US sanctions on Russia/Ukraine.