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.
The firm has joined fellow law firms, barristers’ chambers and other disputes professionals in signing the ‘Greener Litigation Pledge’ an initiative which aims to reduce the environmental impact of dispute resolution practices across the UK.
The firm once again improved its rankings in the H1 2021 energy and infrastructure league tables by leading publications Inframation, inspiratia and IJGlobal.
Sumeet has nearly 20 years’ experience as a lawyer, with particular expertise in advising industrial and agricultural commodity traders on trade disputes, structured trade finance, trade credit insurance and shipping/charterparty matters.
We advised a syndicate of banks comprising acting as lenders on a loan granted for the sale and leaseback acquisition of a portfolio of 27 supermarkets from leading Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona.
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.
Maritime Assets and Structured Finance Partner Simon Petch relocates from Singapore to London.
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.
Watson Farley & Williams has advised existing client Chesterfield Resources Plc (“Chesterfield”) on its successful placing to raise £800,000.
Following several PPP projects in the motorway sector, this is Germany’s first ever PPP project for a federal highway (bundesstrasse), with construction beginning in autumn 2021.