The Court of Appeal in England and Wales has handed down a major ruling on the meaning of advising on investments, arranging investments and the consequences of dealing through unauthorised...

The COVID-19 lockdown has not dented the European Union's ambitions to put an end to intra-EU bilateral Investment treaties...

In a unanimous judgment of Sir Geoffroy Vos MR, Lord Justice Popplewell and Lord Justice Phillips dated 20 December 2023, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that injunctions and orders...

The Collision Statement of Case ("CSoC") comes in two parts. The first requires a series of binding admissions regarding key features of the collision: the ships involved; drafts, speed, course, cargo...

It has now been confirmed by the AAIB that the flight was itself an illegal operation.

On 17 January 2024 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Herculito Maritime Ltd v. Gunvor International BV (the "Polar") [2024] UKSC 2, which considered the ramifications of a piratical seizure in the Gulf of Aden...

Yesterday (14th April 2026) the Commercial Court handed down judgment in the case of Shukla v St James Bank & Trust Company Ltd [2026] EWHC 851 (Comm) on the Claimant’s claim...

The first was whether a clause in a contract of affreightment protected suppliers from liability when the material to be supplied was unavailable because of a natural disaster.

The Commercial Court handed down judgment on 26th May in Rhine Shipping DMCC v Vitol SA [2023] EWHC 1265 (Comm), a case which concerns the relevance of internal ‘hedges...

In April 2017 Etihad entered into various finance agreements with Air Berlin.

Airlines have been particularly hard hit by Covid-19.

The last of the temporary measures introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 to help protect companies affected by lockdown restrictions during the Covid pandemic...

The Supreme Court recently granted permission to appeal in Racing Partnership v Done Bros. For now, the Court of Appeal decision appears to have widened greatly the tort of unlawful means...

Recent announcements of projects such as the intention of the Kuwait Petroleum Company to fund the redevelopment of Britain’s first producing but currently abandoned North Sea Oilfield and the intention of the State Grid Corporation of China to buy into the electricity transmission line business in Brazil serve to remind that projects involving the energy and off-shore industries often, if not almost inevitably, involve complex contractual structures between parties from differing legal systems.

In Sharp Corp Ltd v Viterra BV [2024], the UK Supreme Court affirmed the principles of mitigation and compensation in damages law, highlighting their equal importance. It ruled that the appropriate market for assessing damages is where it is reasonable for the seller to resell the goods. The Court also clarified the limits of the Court of Appeal's powers under s. 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996, emphasizing that errors of fact cannot be revisited and that the Court can only review legal questions

The MSC Flaminia and much of its cargo was badly damaged by a container explosion and subsequent fire-fighting efforts.

The Court of Appeal has today given judgment in The Eternal Bliss on the availability of general damages in addition to demurrage arising from delay.

On 17 May 2011, the CMA CGM LIBRA grounded whilst leaving the port of Xiamen, China. The owners claimed general average contributions from the cargo interests.

This is the first of a regular insolvency insights bulletin from the insolvency specialists at Quadrant Chambers.

The question before the Court in this challenge under S67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 was whether the parties to the proceedings were also parties to a memorandum of understanding governing the operation of a container shipping line containing...