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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 209

In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly we consider decisions from courts at all levels dealing with issues relating to sanctions, arbitration enforcement, damages, leases and contract interpretation.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 208

In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider two further decisions arising from the war in Ukraine, a planning issue relating to the ‘Bibby Stockholm’ and the interpretation of a limitation of liability claim.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 207

In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider the application of recoveries with layered insurance, the duty of care of a marina owner, whether a second adjudication overlapped with the first adjudication settlement and further guidance on protections for leaseholders from cladding remediation costs.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 206

In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider two more key decisions from the UK Supreme Court on force majeure, sanctions and company director liability in tort. We also discuss a tenant’s remedy for the landlord obtaining a lease termination order by misrepresentation and the latest example of the English courts upholding English jurisdiction agreements against attempts by the Russian courts to override them.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 184

This edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly contains reminders of the need for clear contract drafting, as well as considering whether there was apparent bias following a judge’s speech and when a Master’s negligence gives a shipowner a defence to breach of charterer’s orders.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 183

The cases in this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly provide detailed interpretations of sanctions and landlord and tenant legislation, as well as the importance of the factual matrix in contract interpretation.

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US Sanctions on Venezuela Substantially Eased

On October 18, 2023, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 44 broadly permitting US and non-US persons to deal with Venezuelan crude and gas. Under the license, US and non-US persons generally can transport Venezuelan crude and gas until April 18, 2024.

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