In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly find out the English’s court’s view on whether a “material adverse effect” clause could cover the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the Court of Appeal’s decision in a case raising important issues on misuse of confidential information and the tort of conspiracy to injure by unlawful means.
Felicity Jones and Alan Polivnick have once again collaborated for a feature article in prominent hospitality trade publication Hotels Magazine.
In this article we discuss how the ever-growing importance of sale and leaseback transactions as an alternative to financing ships by way of loan, makes it both timely and welcome that BIMCO has produced a standardised term sheet.
In a podcast with Passel, Rippan Vig, Director of Client & Strategic Development at WFW explores how Marketing, Business Development and Communications teams make a shift, and position themselves as trusted advisors within their firms.
This article examines a recent case in which the Commercial Court confirmed that English rules on legal professional privilege extend to protect communications with in-house lawyers irrespective of their location or country of qualification.
In the fifth of a seven-part series on the application of US sanctions to the shipping community, this article explores US sanctions on Russia/Ukraine.
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, discover the final word from the Supreme Court on the law applicable to arbitration agreements, as well as how the rule on reflective loss is being applied and what happened in a case where WFW acted for the successful claimant lenders when allegations of undue influence were made.
This article examines the decision in Premier Engineering (Lincoln) Ltd v MW High Tech Projects UK Ltd arising out of the dispute-laden development of an energy-from-waste plant in Hull.
This article examines an Admiralty Court decision determining whether to approve the sale of a 7th generation drillship that had been laid up for a protracted period.
The UK’s National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020 came into force on 1 October 2020. In this briefing we explain the main provisions of the new legislation and how the changes will affect maritime employers and seafaring employees.
