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The Gulf of Mexico oil spill resulted in a temporary moratorium on deepwater drilling and implementation of new regulation in the USA. Consequential organic changes to UK regulations are unlikely but more importance on the interpretation of existing regulations through continued and improved technical guidance is evident combined with greater enforcement of existing regulations.

The spring saw a burst of activity from the Pensions Regulator and Department of Work and Pensions.

A lot (perhaps too much) has been written about the wider implications of problems originating in the US associated with the practice of providing so-called sub-prime mortgages to high risk borrowers with poor credit histories. There is also plenty of speculation about the potential exposures for directors, banks and professional advisers.

At the time of going to press, the final text of the Act was not available. However, on the basis of the contents of earlier versions of the Companies Bill, the Act introduces a new statutory statement of directors' duties. As before, directors are required to act in the way that they consider would be the most likely to promote the success of the company.

This article hightlights recent developments in environment.

Over the last decade, PRC carriers have consolidated around three main carriers. This trend looks likely to continue.

With the Law Commissions now some way through their review of domestic insurance contract law, we pause to reflect on the progress so far and the proposals and recommendations made to date.

On 23 June 2011 the Department of Energy and Climate Change published the finalised Energy National Policy Statements (NPSs). This follows an initial consultation on the first draft of the Energy NPSs between November 2009 and February 2010 launched by the previous Government and a second consultation on the revised draft Energy NPSs between 18 October 2010 and 24 January 2011.

Arbitration, the darling of the ’90s, subsequently lost favour. Is it now making a comeback with the 100 day arbitration procedure, or the availability of experienced construction judges as arbitrators? The court back-log used to deter many, but the Civil Procedure Rules have undoubtedly streamlined the litigation process. The Technology and Construction Court has more capacity than ever.

In Vision Golf Ltd v Weightmans (2005) the court was not prepared to let the defendant solicitors firm escape the consequences of its wrongdoing by blaming the errors of the firm who was retained by the claimant at a later date.

UK law currently prohibits an employer from discriminating in the employment field on the grounds of sex, marital and civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age (each known as a "strand").

The anti-suit injunction may be all but dead in the EU following the European Court of Justice's decision in West Tankers (C185/07), but parties may be reassured by this decision which confirms that it is still at least available as a remedy to prevent parties from commencing proceedings in non-EU states.