The UK Government recently published its response to its consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace and intends to introduce new legislation “as soon as parliamentary time allows”. At this stage, it is unclear from the Government’s Response exactly how any changes in legislation will affect current employer obligations, but employers may need to take further active steps to prevent sexual harassment.
Gateway 1 and Fire Statements are intended to integrate thinking on fire safety as part of the planning application process, but will Gateway 1 help implement Hackitt’s recommendations or become a paper exercise?
This article examines the decision Toppan Holdings Limited and another v Simply Construct (UK) LLP where the UK’s TCC has provided guidance on whether collateral warranties given on construction projects are “construction contracts” and whether an adjudication can be brought under collateral warranties.
Read the thirteenth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, reminders from the Court of Appeal of the importance of the open justice principle and the consensual nature of arbitration, as well as an interesting decision on the interaction between insolvency regimes and jurisdiction clauses.
Read the twelfth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, Supreme Court success on liquidated damages clauses, three cases from the Court of Appeal on privilege issues, and an interesting update on the rules regarding trial witness statements.
This article explores the increasing trend for private equity investments in the shipping sector to take the form of preferred stock in either publicly listed or private companies, rather than through establishing a joint venture with an established shipowner.
The UK Supreme Court has today handed down a significant decision on the interpretation of liquidated damages clauses. Watson Farley & Williams acted for the successful party, PTT Public Company Limited.
While 2020 proved to be a challenging year for offshore oil and gas markets, the same cannot be said about offshore renewables, which saw substantial growth. Offshore renewable projects achieved an estimated record project sanctioning of US$56bn, which, for the first time, represents a higher amount than offshore oil and gas.