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Can an Adjudicator Use Their Expertise to Determine a Dispute?
HFW’s Daniel Johnson and Joy Bhattacharyya explore the recent Technology and Construction Court decision in Clegg Food Projects v Prestige Car Direct
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Insurance Bulletin December 2025
In our monthly Insurance Bulletin we set out key developments of interest to the insurance industry, including in relation to regulation and…
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FCA Simplifies Insurance Rules
The FCA published a Policy Statement (PS25/21) on 9 December 2025 outlining finalised measures to simplify various regulations for insurance firms…
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FCA and PRA Set Out Initiatives to Support Growth of the Mutuals Sector
At the beginning of December, the PRA and the FCA published a joint report setting out initiatives that will support the growth of the mutuals…
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PRA Publishes its Final Updated Supervisory Statement on Managing Climate-Related Risks
The PRA has published a Policy Statement alongside the final text of SS25/5 – Enhancing banks’ and insurers’ approaches to managing climate-related…
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French Reform to Promote Amicable Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Civil and Commercial Litigation
Civil and commercial litigation in France has been significantly reshaped with the prioritising of ADR by Decree No. 2025-660 effective from…
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Measuring Loss in Charterparty, Carriage of Goods and Sale of Goods Disputes: A Court of Appeal Decision
The Court of Appeal has clarified the law on damages in relation to a claimant's ability to recover market loss where the claimant's contractual…
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Winding Up a Foreign Company in Australia
This article considers the relevant provisions of winding up a foreign company under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
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The French Supreme Court Amends and Clarifies its Case Law on Third-Party Claims Based on Breach of Contract
When it comes to liability claims in business-to-business relationships, French law has some specific concepts that can be surprising for foreign…
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Managing FuelEU Opportunities in the LNG Sector
This article highlights the key issues and explores strategies that LNG operators can develop to mitigate risk and potentially monetise the…
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Kuwait Rolls Out New Anti-Narcotics Law Unifying the Comprehensive Legal Framework on Drug Control
On 15 December 2025, Decree-Law No. 159/2025 on combating narcotic drugs and dangerous psychotropic substances and regulating the use and trade…
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Turning Off the Tap – The Impact of EU Policy on LNG Traders
In this article, we clarify developments in EU policy on importing Russian gas into Europe and assess the likely impact on LNG traders…
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