ArticleESOS Regulations: Are You Ready To Report?The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Regulations 2014 ("ESOS") came into force across the UK last July. United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleOne Year To Go. Are You Ready For The MEES Regulations? It's now less than one year to go until the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, commonly known as the MEES Regulations (minimum energy efficiency standards) come into effect. It's now less than one year to go until the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, commonly known as the MEES Regulations (minimum energy efficiency standards) come into effect. It United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticlePlanning UpdateThere have been a number of minor legislative changes recently, which we felt cumulatively merited a new post.United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleSo Is This The Time For Developers To Think Big And Build Big?Like the Pinnacle, if the benefits of a scheme and the delivery of objectives in line with planning policy guidelines can be demonstrated, planning permission is more likely to follow.United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleThe Sky's The Limit…What would you do if; 1.your property development business had obtained planning permission to construct a 62 storey tower comprising 200,714 sq.m; United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleUse Clauses In Leases Can Be Unenforceable As Being Anti-CompetitiveA landlord local authority seeking to impose use restrictions on its tenant lost its case on the grounds that it would breach competition law.United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleUpper Tribunal Decision In Samarkand And ProteusThe long-awaited Upper Tribunal Decision in the Samarkand and Proteus case has been published.United KingdomTaxReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleUK Jurisdiction Taskforce Consultation On Cryptoassets, Distributed Ledger Technology And Smart ContractsThe UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) recently published a consultation paper requesting submissions from stakeholders working with, or interested in, cryptoassets, distributed ledger technology (DLT)United KingdomTechnologyReed Smith (Worldwide)
Article"At The Expenses And Risk Of Charterers" – What Does This Mean?In this case the Court heard a preliminary issue as to whether, on the proper construction of the contract of carriage contained in or evidenced by a bill of lading the carrier was liable for loss or damage to the cargo...United KingdomTransportReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleCourt Of Appeal Finds That Ship Owner "Got What It Agreed To Pay For"In a decision which has wide reaching implications for ship owners, the Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the decision of the Commercial Court that a bunker supply contract incorporating a retention of title ("ROT") clause together with a right to consume the bunkers before payment is not a contract to which the Sale of Goods Act 1979 ("SOGA") applies.United KingdomTransportReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleIndia Extends Service Tax On FreightIndian authorities have recently extended the service tax on ocean freight, payable under the Finance Act 1994 ("Service Tax"), to cargoes imported on a CIF basis.United KingdomTransportReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticlePerformance Guarantees, Vessel Arrests, And Implied TermsIn CVLC Three Carrier Corp and Anor v Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company ([2021] EWHC 551 (Comm)), Reed Smith (Nick Austin, Charles Weller, Alfred Perkins, Vassilis Mavrakis)...United KingdomTransportReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleShipbuilding Surge – One For The (Order) BooksWhile some shipyards struggled to stay afloat during the initial outbreak of COVID-19, the post-pandemic environment is predicted to usher in an encouraging era for shipyards' orderbooks.United KingdomTransportReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleTribunals Have No Jurisdiction To Hear Owners’ Claims For "Procuring Or Inducing" Breach Of Arbitration Agreement Incorporated Into Bills Of Lading Owners chartered their vessel by way of a charter containing a London Arbitration clause, for a carriage from Turkey to Liberia. United KingdomTransportReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleWhat Is Your Broker Up To? Broker Found To Have Authority To Enter Into A Fixture And GuaranteeAfter extensive negotiations, London brokers fixed a 10-year charterparty on behalf of their principals, the Charterers.United KingdomTransportReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleNew Year, New Troubles For US Regulators: Volcker Rule Challenged Before Federal CourtsIt’s been a busy Christmas and New Year’s season for US regulators. After three years of work, the Federal Reserve Board announced in mid-December that five federal agencies have issued final rules to implement section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Volcker Rule"), which is intended to limit proprietary trading by banksUnited StatesFinance and BankingReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleNorth American Grain: Key Differences Between Standard FormsThe North American grain market has experienced considerable difficulties in recent years. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleExpo 2020 - Part 4: Ignorance Isn’t Bliss – Taking Care To Ensure That The Contractual Arrangements Are Properly DocumentedWith the upcoming finalisation and the approval process of the Master Planning for Dubai Expo 2020, the early site activities are set to commence in the initial part of 2015.United Arab EmiratesEnergy and Natural ResourcesReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticlePrivate Equity Sound Bite - September 2012In a market where deal execution is proving challenging, one of the ways of addressing risk and closing the divide between buyers and sellers is insurance. United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawReed Smith (Worldwide)
ArticleIT And Data Protection Newsletter – Germany Winter 2021 EditionThe Winter 2021 Edition of the quarterly IT & Data Protection Newsletter by Reed Smith Germany has just been released.GermanyPrivacyReed Smith (Worldwide)