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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 103

There is an international flavour to this week’s CDW looking at cross border insolvency and jurisdiction disputes. We also include one of probably many cases that will arise out of the pandemic and the PPE shortage, and then come closer to home with a claim relating to the cladding crisis following the Grenfell Tower fire.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 102

This week’s CDW includes the first reported judgment on the Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018, decisions on interpretation of bank guarantees and insurance aggregation clauses, and the Commercial Court invokes the draconian remedy of strike out for not progressing a claim.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 101

In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, overturning previous case law that has stood as binding authority for ten years. We also look at the Court of Appeal’s confirmation of the invalidity of unsealed claim forms under the Electronic Working Pilot Scheme, the TCC’s ambitions to reduce costs in domestic building disputes and the Commercial Court’s decision on when an adjournment is not necessary in the interest of fairness.

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