In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we discuss decisions on the duty of care of a building designer, a charterer’s obligation to pay for underwater cleaning, interpretation of a notice period and the interplay of a court disclosure order and German data protection laws.
The cases in this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly show the English court’s supportive role, in respect of party autonomy in contract, choice of jurisdiction clauses, security for costs in arbitration and international conventions.
This edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly considers two examples of how not to approach settlement of a dispute, a demonstration of when a worldwide freezing order may be varied and the English courts’ ongoing efforts to deal with the significant number of post lockdown insurance cases.
This edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly considers a UK Supreme Court decision on claims under the CMR convention, an attempt by a freeholder to thwart its tenants, the court’s approach to an allegation that a judgment was obtained by fraud and the interpretation of a contractual cap on liability.
The Court of Appeal has been busy recently with landlord and tenant disputes and we cover two such decisions in this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, together with a decision on the relevance of internal hedging of an oil sale contract to a delay damages claim and another don insurance of business interruption losses arising from the pandemic.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider the common themes of legislative interpretation, both UK domestic and international, and jurisdictional challenges in arbitration.
A broad spectrum of cases in this issue of Commercial Disputes Weekly covering sanctions and loan notes, rent default in an aircraft lease, a shareholder derivative action challenging climate risk management and remoteness of losses in a cargo sale chain.
CDW will be taking a short break. The next issue will be available on Tuesday 6 June 2023.
In this issue of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider a Supreme Court decision on limitation of time in respect of an oil spill, interpretation of an aviation lessor determination clause, the requirements for formation of a lease and whether it was reasonable to believe that sanctions applied.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we discuss a Court of Appeal decision on a novel issue as to the status of a bill of lading in the hands of a charterer, as well as judgments on interpretation of a covenant not to build, the applicable law for an interest claim and a case that will not get its day in the Supreme Court.
This issue of Commercial Disputes Weekly covers two arbitration challenges on fairness and jurisdiction, the interpretation of a live/work covenant in a lease and an unsuccessful invocation of Brexit and the pandemic as force majeure.
