Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 167
Read the 167th edition of our weekly update on Italian labour law.
Read the 167th edition of our weekly update on Italian labour law.
This article examines the recent decision in Van Elle Ltd v Keynvor Morlift Ltd handed down by Mr Justice Stephen Davies.
In a landmark decision, the UK Supreme Court has restricted access to an alternative form of dispute resolution for deciding construction disputes that is quicker and cheaper than litigation. By narrowly interpreting the reference to “construction contract” at section 104 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, the Court has effectively confined statutory adjudication to the contracts under which the original works and services were performed.
The cases discussed in this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly illustrate the courts’ approach to interpretation both of statute and contractual terms, in the context of state immunity, protection of water rights, adjudication and loan agreements.
Read the 166th edition of our weekly update on Italian labour law.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider whether a party could rely on its own breach to avoid a debt arising, as well as the governing law of interest on damages, the interplay of insolvency and arbitration and instructions in group litigation.
Read the 165th edition of our weekly update on Italian labour law.
In a landmark Advisory Opinion, ITLOS has confirmed that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in the marine environment are a form of pollution for the purposes of UNCLOS. We consider the key findings of the Opinion and its relevance for the deep seabed mining sector.
There is a construction and property focus to this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, with decisions on allocation from the Building Safety Fund, environmental impact assessments in planning permission and repudiation of a plumbing sub-contract. We also discuss interpretation of an investment participation agreement.
Notable aspects for business relationships with third parties in connection with non-cooperative states.