On 26 June 2020 the UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 entered into force. It represents a radical change in English insolvency law in that (among other things):

In Madison Pacific Trust Limited v (1) Shakoor Capital Company and (2) Joint-Stock Company Commercial Bank Privatbank [2020] EWHC 610 (Ch), the court considered whether the trustee of securitised loan notes ...

In what circumstances will one contract be construed by reference to another? In the energy sector, the issue will often be an important one, given the prevalence of suites of contracts dealing with different aspects or layers of involvement or activity.

While the 'last shot' usually wins the contractual 'battle of the forms' to determine which party's standard terms govern the contract concluded, in TRW v Panasonic,

The impact of coronavirus on businesses has been dramatic. Markets have vanished overnight, supply chains have been disrupted or suspended, and many financing arrangements entered into in a different, pre-COVID- 19, world have become unmanageable.

Laysun Service Co Ltd v Del Monte International GmbH [2022] EWHC 699 (Comm), is a rare example of a case where permission was granted to appeal against an award in relation to questions...

Today the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Monford Management Ltd (the owners of the KIVELI) v Afina Navigation Limited (the owners of the AFINA I) [2026] EWCA Civ 251, the first Court of Appeal...

At about 05:40 UTC on 23 March 2021, the Ultra Large Container Vessel ‘EVER GIVEN' (the ‘Vessel') grounded in the Suez Canal. She remained aground for about six days and the Canal was blocked...

The recent case of Hamblin v Moorwand could be a game-changer for individual claimants who have been the victims of Authorised Push Payment fraud, provided that a company has been used to receive and pay away the victim's funds, which it often will

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (‘CIGA') which came into force on 26 June 2020 represents one of the biggest changes to the insolvency law of England and Wales in two decades.

In one the first reported cases dealing with contempt under the new CPR 81 for serious breaches of a freezing order, Mrs Justice Cockerill DBE, the Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court.

CIGA, which runs to a mammoth 254-pages, was rushed through the United Kingdom's Parliament during the country's lockdown. It came into force on 25 June 2020, ...

A recent decision of the Commercial Court has affirmed the distinction between the scope of liability for the shipment of dangerous cargo under the English common law and under the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules respectively

This was very much a product of its time, pre-internet advertising and trading, and, apparently, principally aimed at cross-border mail order catalogues.

In Matrix Europe Ltd v Uniserve Northern Ltd [2009] EWHC 919 (Comm), HHJ Mackie QC (sitting as a judge of the Commercial Court) considered inter alia the question of the extent to which a freight forwarder may rely upon its standard trading conditions in circumstances where there is loss of or damage to goods delivered to and accepted by it in error.

Over the summer, two interesting judgments were handed down by the Court of Appeal concerning the law of unjust enrichment.

This article considers whether, following the case of Wallace (as liquidator of Carna Meats (UK) Ltd) v Wallace, the power to summon persons...

The recent decision of Henshaw J in Bunge S.A v Pan Ocean Co. Ltd. (The "Sagar Ratan") [2025] EWHC 193 (Admiralty) analyses issues that often arise out of shipping delays caused by infectious diseases.

It was only in 2019 that the Supreme Court last provided authoritative guidance on the circumstances in which an English parent company might owe a duty of care in respect of the negligence of its...

The Supreme Court decision of Philipp v Barclays dealt a blow to victims of Authorised Push Payment fraud who seek recompense from their banks. The Quincecare duty is not engaged in such cases.