29 March 2021 Insight I’ve just been notified of an English freezing order. Help! People located outside of the UK are often concerned to learn they may be expected to comply with an English freezing order. If you are sent such an order you should take advice as soon as possible. However, the good news is that if you find yourself in this situation there are a number of things you can check that may mean you are not required to comply with the order. You may even be entitled to recover from the applicant your expenses incurred obtaining legal advice in respect of the order, or applying to the court to clarify your obligations. Bookmark this page 6 min read
24 March 2021 Webinar In-house in Focus webinar series A series of webinars for in-house lawyers looking for practical and commercial advice during the coronavirus pandemic. Bookmark this page 1 min read
18 February 2021 Insight Can GAFTA terms be implied to provide a party with the bite of arbitration? Lessons learned from Black Sea Commodities Ltd v Lemarc Agromond PTE Ltd. In a rare case of a party successfully challenging an arbitration award under s67 Arbitration Act 1996, the English High Court considered the question of whether a GAFTA arbitration clause can be implied into an agreement between parties by market practice and custom. Bookmark this page 3 min read
29 December 2020 Insight Buying time – when can parties agree to delay? Before the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules, the courts were not perceptibly concerned about delay agreed to by the parties. Bookmark this page 7 min read