"UK car manufacturing remains under real strain, and the latest SMMT figures make that crystal clear with an 11.9% decrease in new vehicle manufacturing since the start of 2025.

The automotive industry is clearly struggling and the downward trend in UK automotive production continues to highlight this. Compounding the issue of reduced volumes...

Following Hanjin obtaining a rehabilitation order protecting its assets from creditors in South Korea, it is understood that Hanjin obtained a recognition order this morning in the UK...

Antisuit injunctions have been keeping the Commercial Court Judges very busy for the last two years. They are frequently sought in particular to restrain cargo receivers from commencing proceedings against carriers under bills of lading in foreign jurisdictions.

On 12 September Reed Smith hosted a panel for London International Shipping Week to discuss ‘Tomorrow's Maritime World, Today'.

On 12 September Reed Smith hosted a panel for London International Shipping Week to discuss ‘Tomorrow's Maritime World, Today'. Representatives from a cross-section of the industry...

This update outlines the outcome of MEPC 70 (which took place on 24-28 October 2016), the global monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system to be introduced by the IMO across the shipping sector and next steps towards an international deal on maritime greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The rates last changed on 1 June 2023. The rates for petrol are unchanged, but diesel has reduced and LPG cars over 1,400cc have increased.

Operation Wolverine, established in 2007, is a focused policing operation by Greater Manchester Police (GMP), specifically targeting drivers operating without insurance.

In an alert last year, we looked at payment obligations under English law and how payment instruments commonly referred to as ‘guarantees' may be misleading.

Ben Jones and Peter James, Partners at BLM, consider three prosecutions within the last 10 years against railway industry parties where there has been a trespass onto their property and the trespasser has sustained serious or fatal injury ...

The Shipping Group have recently launched a Showcase Page on Linked In for all our shipping updates and news.

Edinburgh Napier University and South of Scotland Enterprise have partnered to launch Bike Innovation Scotland, establishing the Caerlee Mill Bike Campus in Innerleithen. The facility will provide state-of-the-art testing and innovation support for the cycling and mountain biking sector, featuring specialized labs for trail testing and human performance research.

Welcome to this month's edition of our shipping case digest, providing you with concise and useful summaries of recent legal decisions in the shipping market.

Welcome to HFW's 'Shipping Insight: Who Rules the Waves?' report which is the first in a series of four publications focussing on a range of issues critical to the shipping industry in 2017.

Great to see Cornwall, where I grew up, is a step closer to hosting the UK's first space launch, which is scheduled for early November 2022. The project has been eight years in the planning,...

The UK is seeing a significant push on the imposition of Clean Air Zones in its major cities in an effort to tackle emissions levels, NO2 in particular.

The Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (EC) No 906/2009 (the "CBER") allows for the joint operation of liner shipping companies with combined market share below 30% through 'consortia' to ensure stable distribution of goods.

The US Coast Guard released the first Maritime Bulk Liquid Transfer Cybersecurity Framework Profile on Thursday, 10 November, 2016.