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Expert perspectives on the latest developments across our sectors and services.
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Israel and Lebanon sign ground-breaking maritime boundary agreement
Israeli-Lebanese Treaty signed allocating maritime jurisdiction and natural r…
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NordStream leaks: are our arteries safe?
Just prior to recent events taking place in the Baltic Sea, the UK Government…
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Wrongful to refuse a reasonably satisfactory LOU offered pursuant to ASG2, holds the Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has found that if parties agree to a collision jurisdicti…
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Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea – New Legislation in Nigeria
Nigeria introduces new law to go after terrorists and their financiers.
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Maritime Boundaries: Outlook in 2021
As the dust settles on 2020 we highlight two current issues in the sphere of …
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Iran sanctions: The English Court steers a course
In our previous briefing1, we looked at the challenges of complying with EU a…
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UK Government to enact Order increasing the limits of liability under the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, November 2016
On 19 April 2012, the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organizat…
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“Somali piracy”: reduction to high risk area, October 2015
In a joint press release today, BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping,…
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UK Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill: ransom payments – Part 2, November 2014
Further to our Briefing (www.hfw.com/Counter-Terrorism-and-Security-Bill-rans…
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UK Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill: ransom payments, November 2014
On Monday 24th November 2014, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced the …
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Hijacked by Somali pirates: additional liabilities for cargo interests, November 2014
In October 2014, the English High Court handed down an unfavourable judgment …
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Constitution of Limitation Fund
The English High Court was recently asked to rule on whether a Limitation Fun…
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