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Expert perspectives on the latest developments across our sectors and services.
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The UK standard conditions for towage: New conditions issued on 12 November 2024
On 12 November 2024, a new edition of the UK Standard Conditions for Towage and Other Services (the UKSCT 2024) was issued by the British …
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English Court Support for Arbitration – Developments
Commercial Court upholds supremacy of arbitration and overturns section 44(3)…
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Subsea Cable Damage Claims: The Legal Approach
Subsea cables have a long history reaching back almost two centuries, starting with the first international subsea cable, which was laid across the English Channel in 1850. Over recent years, the…
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Nicholas Kazaz: Subsea Cables – Preventing and Minimising Claims Against Fishing Vessels
Nicholas Kazaz is an experienced international commercial dispute resolution lawyer at international law firm, Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW), with experience of resolving disputes of subsea cable dam…
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Sub-sea cable damage claims – a legal perspective
In the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) Eye Newsletter March 20…
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Argentine Judge orders seizure of assets of oil drillers operating in the Falkland Islands, June 2015
On 27 June 2015 a Federal Judge of Tierra del Fuego, Lilian Herraez, ordered …
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Good faith, honesty, and reasonableness: goodwill to all? The duty to act in good faith and what it means to act reasonably, December 2014
The English courts have historically shown hostility towards the doctrine of …
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When even fraud is not nearly enough
The new regime for domestic commercial arbitration reflects how far Australia has come in creating a substantively distinct jurisdiction for commercial dispute resolution as an alternative to the c…
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