US Sanctions: Spotlight on Cuba
This is the fourth of a seven-part series on the application of US sanctions to the shipping community. This article will focus on US sanctions on Cuba.
Article Archive
Testing Times: The FCA Test Case on Covid-19 Business Interruption insurance
This article examines the English High Court’s decision on the coverage provided by Business Interruption insurance policies in relation to losses arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting Government measures.
Energy Transition – Net zero through integration in the UK
The OGA’s 2020 UKCS Energy Integration Final Report highlighted the role that co-ordinating energy infrastructure and integrating existing assets with new renewable technologies can play in the energy transition.
Sins of the Father: can a guarantor avoid liability by claiming to have been under ‘undue influence’ of a family member?
This article examines a recent decision in which the Commercial Court in London clarified a number of aspects of the law of undue influence.
UK Job Support Scheme
The UK’s furlough scheme ends on 31 October 2020. From 1 November 2020, the new Job Support Scheme will take effect and continue until the end of April 2021. In this article we summarise the main provisions of the scheme.
Sanctions and Shipping: Update and Overview
This report highlights some recent developments and forthcoming changes in the sanctions landscape which will increase the importance of compliance, most likely complicate the task and which have particular relevance for the maritime industry.
Noncomprehensive Sanctions: Venezuela, Global Magnitsky, Hong Kong
In the third of a seven-part series on the application of US sanctions to the shipping community, this article explores noncomprehensive sanctions, with a focus on Venezuela, the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and Hong Kong.
Recent developments in Greece’s e-mobility market
In this article we discuss recent developments in the e-mobility market in Greece, with the entry of new legislation to promote e-mobility.
Managing the alliance between owners and brands
Felicity Jones and Alan Polivnick discuss the difficulties being faced by the hospitality industry, one of the hardest hit sectors as a result of government restrictions owing to the Covid-19 pandemic
Void or Voidable? – The consequences of procedural irregularity in construction adjudication
This article examines the TCC’s recent confirmation that an adjudicator under the Scheme for Construction Contracts can only be appointed after a notice of adjudication has been served on the receiving party.
