Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 85
Read the eighty fifth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
Author: Sam Abreo Archive
ESG: five things to look out for in 2023
ESG is still top of the agenda in boardrooms. In this article, WFW Partner Sarah Ellington considers five things to look out for in 2023.
Russian Oil Price Cap Poses Challenges to Maritime Industry
On 5 December 2022, the long-awaited Russian oil price cap measures and related sanctions came into effect. This article highlights some of the challenges and risks that may be posed to the maritime industry in attempting to comply.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 143
A document heavy Commercial Disputes Weekly with two decisions on disclosure considering collateral use and removal of privilege issues. We also look at a decision on the interplay of termination provisions in finance leasing documents and illegitimate reasons for declaratory relief.
Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 84
Read the eighty fourth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
The legal challenges companies face in making net zero claims
In this article, Sarah Ellington and Philippa Beasley look at the main legal challenges being faced by companies making net zero commitments. It follows on from our earlier article that examined some of the main criticisms of net zero claims made in recent reports by advocacy organisations.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 142
This Commercial Disputes Weekly covers two decisions on the provision of information; one relating to misappropriated cryptocurrency and the other to business information held on employees’ personal devices. We also consider whether a call option gave sufficient proprietary interest to justify relief from forfeiture and the application of the UCTA reasonableness test with two experienced commercial parties.
Recent Amendments to Liberian Maritime Law and Liberian Maritime Regulations
In this client alert, we summarise the amendments made by The Republic of Liberia to the Liberian Maritime Law and Liberian Maritime Regulations with respect to ship mortgages.
Bimco CII Clause finally released: does it make any sense of CII?
On 17 November 2022 Bimco unveiled its long-awaited CII Operations Clause for Time Charter Parties. This article explores what the clause does and doesn’t achieve.
The CII conundrum – will it sink or swim?
In this article we summarise the CII framework, explain where this fits in the wider IMO decarbonisation agenda and ask whether CII can really work and survive in its current form.