In a recent judgment of the English Commercial Court, The M/V Smart , which will be welcomed by owners, Mr Justice Butcher held that a shipowner could demand direct payment of freight under a bill of lading even though the bill of lading stated that the freight was payable “as per charterparty” and the vessel’s time charterer was not in default.
The Covid-19 pandemic has required the Courts to grapple with novel questions regarding the renewal of commercial leases. This article explores some of the most impactful decisions on contractual risk allocation and valuation.
Read the tenth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
RD-L 12/2021 adopts urgent measures in the field of energy taxation and generation, as well as regarding the management of the regulatory levy and the water-use tariff.
In three recent cases, the English courts have provided a series of warnings on the uses and abuses of expert evidence, from guidance on the avoidance of conflicts to the implications of a failure by experts to comply with their duties.
Read the ninth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
The operator of a large UK-based power station has successfully argued before the English Technology and Construction Court that it was entitled to withhold from retention for latter phases of work sums in respect of remedial works to earlier phases of that work.
Read the eighth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
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Corporate and M&A Partners Daniel Saunders and Mark Tooke, in a feature article for Bunkerspot, discuss the increase in M&A, joint venture and direct investment activity in maritime technology from investors both within and outside of the maritime industry.
