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Holman Fenwick Willan LLP

FRIARY COURT, 65 CRUTCHED FRIARS, LONDON, EC3N 2AE, ENGLAND

Tel:: Work 020 7264 8000
Fax:: Fax 020 7264 8888
DX:: 1069 LONDON CITY EC3

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Sydney, Singapore, Shanghai, Rouen, Piraeus, Perth and 7 more

Christopher Swart

Tel:: Work +44 20 7488 2300
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Trade and energy practice group.

Position

Partner and head of the trade and energy practice. He specialises in advising shipowners, traders, charterers, banks and insurers on corporate and commercial disputes, both litigation and arbitration.

Career

Trained Syfret Godlonton Fuller Moore Inc, Cape Town; qualified South Africa 1987; joined Lovell White Durrant 1988; qualified England and Wales 1991; partner Holman Fenwick Willan 1995.

Education

Westville Boys High School; University of Natal (1979 BA, 1980 BA Hons); University of Cape Town (1982 BA Hons); Rhodes Scholar, Magdalen College, Oxford (1985 Jurisprudence); University of South Africa (1986 LLB).

Leisure

Golf, tennis, squash, chess.

Practice Areas

Commodities and futures; International commercial arbitration; Shipping - marine

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Business interruption insurance: importance of understanding cover

Business interruption insurance is often a key component of a company’s business continuity plan. The insurance is designed to compensate an insured for the financial effect of the interruption or interference to that business as a result of physical damage to an insured property or other key external events, such as damage at a supplier’s or customer’s premises. The intention is to restore the business to the same financial position as if the loss had not occurred, subject always to the terms and conditions of the policy.  

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Latest developments in planning and zoning

In Le Temps, the daily newspaper of reference of Western Switzerland, Yves de Coulon analyses the latest developments in the field of planning and zoning: Weber Initiative, Landscape Initiative, recent modifications of the Federal Law on planning and zoning, what consequences on the cantons' autonomy in the area of planning and zoning?

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Revocation and Replacement of Minister of Trade Regulation on Import of Finished Goods and the...

Issuance of Licensed Importer Numbers

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Lump Sum taxation

The head of our tax practice group, partner Dominique Christin, summarises the legal requirements to obtain a lump sum taxation status in Switzerland and in the cantons of Geneva and Vaud.

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COUNCIL TAX

In Harrow LBC v Ayiku [2012] EWHC 1200 (Admin) Sales J held that the word “or” in the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992, art 3 Class N, had a disjunctive meaning, therefore it was sufficient for the non-British spouse of a foreign student to satisfy one or other of the two conditions, namely being prevented from taking paid employment or being prevented from claiming benefits, in order to qualify as a “relevant person” who was exempted from liability to pay council tax.

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Banking Regulation 2012

The banking sector is regulated by the Ministry of Finance and the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (the FSA). The FSA is responsible for the supervision of banks.

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The patent owner prevailed in Norway’s first case on virus patent

The Supreme Court of Norway has recently turned down the appeal against the judgement of Borgarting Court of Appeal in the case Pharmaq AS v Intervet International BV et al.

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More judges in the Labour Court

Discrimination - Equal Treatment Act From 1 June 2012 the number of deputy judges in the Danish Labour Court will increase. Following its ‎introduction in February, the Bill has now been adopted by the Danish Parliament.‎

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Image rights laws to be introduced in Guernsey

“Image is everything” - Andre Agassi once famously declared in an advert for camera brand, Canon.

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Structured finance and securitisation transactions with a Guernsey element

Basics of a Guernsey company

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Guernsey cash box structures

Following a period of turmoil in the financial markets, issuers have been viewing cash box structures as an attractive financing tool to facilitate share and convertible bond issues and to allow access to alternative sources of funding.

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