Hamburg Public Prosecutor Michael Elsner has provided insightful commentary concerning the criminal liability of ship dismantling under German criminal law in a recent article who’s key points we summarise in this article.
The New Agency Law gives foreign principals greater protections and freedom of contract. Here, members of the Dubai team examine the implications.
This edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly considers two classic insurance issues, namely insurable interest and co-insurance, as well as the availability of an injunction to prevent enforcement of loan security and whether the resignation of an adjudicator makes a challenge out of time.
This article explores the workings of the EU UK and Swiss (CH) ETS schemes, including their enforcement mechanics, and the risk that an aircraft operator’s non-compliance with them poses to lessors across those jurisdictions which fall within these schemes.
Following the recent launch of ‘The Sustainability Imperative – Part 2’, Partner Michael Savva examines changing attitudes to sustainability and ESG in the Middle East maritime industry.
In this article we reflect on the implications of the Supreme Court decision in the Tate Modern case for the wider laws of tort and planning.
On 18 April 2023, the European Parliament voted in favour of the legislative amendments published on 8 February 2023 to the EU Emissions Trading Directive to include the maritime sector in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme.
Italy’s Law Decree no. 34/2023 provides urgent measures to support families and enterprises affected by the increase in electricity and natural gas prices.
Read the 103rd edition of our weekly update on Italian labour law.
An international and financial flavour to this issue of Commercial Disputes Weekly with cases enforcing sovereign debt, bringing claims under securities and seeking information from overseas banks for fraud claims. We also consider a decision on the interpretation of informal contracts.