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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 61

This week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly includes a trio of cases involving issues arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic, including arguments on frustration and change of law clauses, and consideration of whether an affidavit can be sworn remotely. Plus cases on disclosure, Part 36 and abuse of process to get your teeth into!

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 60

Check out this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly for the latest from the English courts, from guidance on costs budgeting in high value cases, to the importance of properly pleading allegations of fraud and a decision on whether a draft bill of lading contains a representation by the shipper as to the condition of cargo.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 59

Find out what the Supreme Court had to say on the FCA’s business interruption test case in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, as well as Court of Appeal decisions on without prejudice privilege, whether an expert owes fiduciary duties to their client, and when a claim will be struck out as an abuse of process.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 58

Find out what the Supreme Court had to say on the FCA’s business interruption test case in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, as well as Court of Appeal decisions on without prejudice privilege, whether an expert owes fiduciary duties to their client, and when a claim will be struck out as an abuse of process.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 57

There are lots of cases to get your teeth into in our first Commercial Disputes Weekly of 2021, from decisions on asymmetric jurisdiction clauses and the costs implications of abandoning a claim, to the latest guidance on the Disclosure Review Pilot and the application of rules on challenging jurisdiction to stakeholder claims.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 56

In the last of this year’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, discover the meaning of arbitration, what the Court of Appeal thinks about redundancy arguments when construing contracts, and when the English courts will restrain payment under a performance guarantee. With very best wishes to all our readers, we’ll be back in 2021!

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 55

Many of the cases in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly share a common theme – the importance of the principle of finality. Look out for decisions on enforcement of foreign judgments, the knowledge requirements for contempt and the approach to summary assessment of costs.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 54

In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly an important Supreme Court case on arbitrators’ duties to give disclosure of appointments in multiple arbitrators, as well as a pair of cases involving fine art.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 53

Does Covid-19 constitute a force majeure event? Will the English courts allow parties outside the jurisdiction to attend a remote hearing? When can documents obtained from a Norwich Pharmacal application be used? Find out the answers to these questions and more in the latest Commercial Disputes Weekly.

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