2017

Liability for cargo damage caused in consequence of charterers’ orders to delay

03 Aug 17 Contributor: William Stansfield

A time charterer should think carefully about ordering a ship to wait outside a discharge port for a long period of time when the charterparty incorporates the Inter-Club Agreement 1996 (the ICA).

Employment Tribunal fees unlawful: fees no longer payable, all fees paid previously repayable to claimants

26 Jul 17 Contributors: Nick Humphreys, Alex Brooks

A seven-person Supreme Court has ruled that Employment Tribunal fees prevent access to justice and are unlawful, with the immediate consequence that, as of today…

Direct Action Claims Against Insurers and Jurisdiction

25 Jul 17 Contributor: Ceri Done

Direct Action Claims Against Insurers and Jurisdiction – Assens Havn v. Navigators Management (UK) Limited (Case C-368/16)…

Finance Focus – Summer 2017

13 Jul 17 Contributors: Grant Eldred, Nick Humphreys, Mark Sachs, Charles Williams, Alex Brooks, Clare Hammersley, Robert Shearer, William Stansfield

Welcome to the Summer 2017 edition of Finance Focus, the e-update from Thomas Cooper’s Finance Group…

Data Protection Roundup – The Move Towards Stronger Personal Data Rights

13 Jul 17 Contributors: Nick Humphreys, Alex Brooks

Since the mid-1990s, data protection rights have formed a key part of the privacy rights relating to, amongst others, employees…

Marathon case may raise snickers among employees

13 Jul 17 Contributors: Nick Humphreys, Alex Brooks

The High Court has recently issued a judgment in Marathon Asset Management LLP & Anor v Seddon & Ors [2017], in which employees who were found to have unlawfully removed confidential documents were only ordered to pay nominal damages of £2…

The Competitive Advantage of English Law – An Internationalist Perspective

13 Jul 17 Contributor: Mark Sachs

Partner, Mark Sachs explains why his bet is still heavily placed on English law despite Brexit and other forces that are a potential threat to the international order upon which commercial parties rely…

Ship Finance/Recycling: “From an asset to a liability…or even to “waste”?

13 Jul 17 Contributors: Grant Eldred, Robert Shearer

The legal environment surrounding ship recycling is a complicated area, involving a combination of International Treaties, EU Regulation and domestic Law…

Security Measures

13 Jul 17 Contributor: Alex Monk

Lenders often ask their transaction lawyers to advise them if their security is sufficiently robust on a given financing. Is it really necessary on this deal to go to the lengths of taking local security over assets in other jurisdictions…

Letters of Credit cases concerning the autonomy principle

13 Jul 17 Contributors: Charles Williams, Clare Hammersley

The current position in relation to the autonomy of credit principle has been confirmed in two cases handed down from the Court of Appeal earlier this year…