A recent judgment of the French Cour de Cassation has clarified an issue which had been the source of some confusion.

Whether you are the Finance Director of a major company or in business in a modest way or simply a private individual you should take extra care to ensure that you do not take a risk that may prejudice you when you suffer a claim.

This Discussion Paper ("DP") is a must read for boards and senior managers in the insurance industry.

On 4 October, HFW London hosted over 100 clients and press members for a presentation and panel discussion about the impact of the recent hurricanes which hit the US and the Caribbean

The Front Comor, a vessel owned by West Tankers Inc. ("West Tankers") and chartered to Erg Petroli SpA ("Erg"), collided with Erg's jetty at Syracuse and caused damage.

In the current economic climate, where many logistics and transport professionals are seeking to reduce business travel that can be expensive and time consuming, in order to focus on operating more efficiently and effectively, we look at the latest guidance for lawyers from the Law Society1 on the best practice for executing logistics contracts and commercial agreements at a "virtual signing or closing".

A recent High Court of Australia case considers the causal nexus between exposure to asbestos and lung cancer, where the cancer victim had also been a significant cigarette smoker.

AIG announced on 19 October that it has written its first Sharia-compliant warranty and indemnity (W&I) policy out of London's M&A market.

In our September Edition 3 Bulletin, we reported on a letter from the House of Commons Treasury Committee regarding their concerns about the impact of Brexit on insurance contracts...

Here, Front Comor, a vessel owned by West Tankers Inc and chartered by Erg Petroli SpA (under a charterparty governed by English law and containing a London arbitration clause) collided with Erg's jetty at Syracuse, Italy, causing damage to the jetty.

The last year has been a challenging one for the world's shipping industry.

The causes of the troubles of the 8-9 million inhabitants of Somalia are numerous and complex.

In our article, Bureaucratic maze awaits challenges to UK ports rates, published in Lloyds List on Monday 15 December 2008, we highlighted the difficulties facing port businesses resulting from the badly considered and poorly implemented introduction of uniform business rates to the statutory ports.

This charterparty time-bar case demonstrates that great care should be taken to ensure that the formal requirements for commencing (as opposed to merely threatening) arbitration are observed in the drafting of the notice.

This year's devastating floods have highlighted the issue of flood underinsurance in the US Hurricanes Harvey and Irma wrought havoc upon a number of US states in August and September...

The number of employment tribunal claims has reached an all time high – 236,100 claims in 2009/2010 – up 56% on the previous year.

This was an application to the High Court arising out of a reinsurance arbitration concerning the liabilities of the Port Authority of New York following the tragic events of 9/11.

The European Commission ("Commission") adopted the new block exemption regulation (BER) for the insurance sector on 24 March 2010.

As we have previously reported UK data protection laws will be strengthened in favour of consumers under the new Data Protection Bill, which implements the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

A new international convention making ports and terminal operators subject to an onerous compulsory liability regime has been approved by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and will soon be ready for adoption by governments.