In a recent House of Lords’ decision, Actionstrength Ltd v International Glass Engineering SpA and others, the application of a 300 year old statute was approached on the basis that Parliament may have intended to cause injustice by allowing people to break promises which had been relied upon.

In response to the undertakings given in the Kyoto Protocol, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme is being introduced across Europe to tackle emissions of greenhouse gases.

Common interest privilege arises where two or more people share a common interest in an underlying subject matter.

Since 1 July smoking has been prohibited in the workplace. Under the Health Act 2006, employers will now be criminally liable and exposed to fines if they fail to enforce the ban. But will the ban also lead to a rise in employment claims against employers?

Lexington concerned a reinsurance of Multinacional, one of Venezuela’s largest insurers, which provided property and business interruption cover to a local insured.

The use of mobile telephones on aircraft is currently prohibited. However, new technology has made it possible for these prohibitions to be lifted.

The Chinese aviation market continues to expand at a significant pace, although consolidation appears to be the game which airlines are playing.

Singapore High Court judgment underlines the importance for all those involved in international trade of conducting sufficient due diligence to ensure compliance with the latest international sanctions.

The European Court of Justice handed down its decision in Akzo Nobel Chemicals ("Akzo") and Akcros Chemicals ("Akcros") v Commission on Tuesday, concluding that in-house lawyers are not protected by legal professional privilege ("LPP") in the context of competition investigations by the European Commission.

The High Court recently considered the UK Pension Regulator’s (the Regulator) powers against companies that have gone into administration or liquidation.

Following hot on the heels of modernising amendments made to Singapore's International Arbitration Act ("IAA") at the beginning of last year, the SIAC published a new set of rules earlier last summer (the "Rules").

The latest development in the long-running Akzo case suggests that attempts by in-house lawyers to secure the protection of legal professional privilege ("LPP") in relation to EU competition law are unlikely to succeed, following an opinion handed down by Advocate General Kokott ("AG") on 29 April 2010.

A further limitation decision which is good news for professionals and their insurers has recently been made.

Regulation 44/2001 has recently been the focus of the European Parliament's attention and has resulted in a Resolution addressing a number of areas that may need improving.

Causation defences are often an important defence in claims against solicitors. In our experience, the consequences of the error may be conveniently overlooked by claimants in the rush to claim compensation. However, the Court of Appeal recently made some surprising findings in this area.

In a significant judgment arising out of Gulf of Aden piracy, the Commercial Court rejected the proposition that capture by pirates automatically gives rise to a total loss of the insured property.

On 27 May 2010, the High Court in London agreed to refer to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) a legal challenge on the lawfulness of the extension of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme ("EU ETS") to aviation.

Court upholds onerous liquidated damages clause triggered by termination of a yacht building contract.

There could scarcely be a better example of meteorological conditions incompatible with the operation of flight than the effects of volcanic explosions resulting in blanket international flight bans affecting every airline.