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Expert perspectives on the latest developments across our sectors and services.
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Global Investigations and Enforcement Bulletin: Our pick of the top trends and business tips around the world, April 2024
Reflecting on some of the key themes in the compliance and investigations space in the first quarter of the year and set out our predictions for 2024.
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La Boussole – French Shipping Bulletin, February 2022
We wish you all a very happy (and hopefully better) new year and are pleased to start 2022 with a new edition of La Boussole and an overview of the recent hot topics in shipping under French law.
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Limitation of liability for parties other than owners, charterers or managers: who is an “operator” for the purposes of the Limitation Convention
The English Court of Appeal have considered the meaning of the word "operator…
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Autonomous Ships: Shipping 4.0
The digital shipping revolution is well underway. Significant developments ha…
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Autonomous Ships: Successfully navigating through the shallows?
In this, the latest in our series on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS),…
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French plans for International Commercial Court accelerate in the face of Brexit, March 2018
With Brexit on the horizon, France has accelerated an initiative introduced o…
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Limitation of liability: HEIDBERG, the end of a 24 year story, October 2015
On 22 September 2015, the Cour de cassation delivered an important decision i…
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COVID-19 – Les conséquences de la pandémie sur l’exécution des contrats en cours
En l'espace d'un mois, les opérateurs économiques ont assisté à la chute vertigineuse de nombreux indicateurs de référence de l'économie mondiale. Les cours des principales matières premières et notamment celui du baril de pétrole, se sont effondrés tandis que les indices des prix du fret maritime ont atteint des niveaux historiquement bas.
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La limitation de responsabilité du propriétaire de navire conforme à la Constitution, Octobre 2014
Depuis 2010, tout justiciable peut, dans le cadre d’une instance à laquelle i…
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Lutte contre la piraterie maritime : l’adoption du projet de loi autorisant la présence de gardes armés à bord des navires battant pavillon Français, Juillet 2014
Le parlement a définitivement adopté le 19 juin 2014, par un vote unanime de …
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Limitation of liability: landmark decision in France
In an important decision pronounced on 14 January 2013, the Court of Appeal i…
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