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Directors’ Authority
How can you be sure that the person signing a contract on behalf of a company has the power to make that commitment for the company?
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Any port in a storm? A re-examination of the law concerning safe ports in The Ocean Victory
The Supreme Court has recently handed down judgment in the long running matter of The Ocean Victory…
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Thomas Cooper Partner, James Severn running the 2017 London Marathon
Thomas Cooper Partner, James Severn will be running the 2017 London Marathon…
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The Impact of the Amended Discount Rate in Personal Injury Claims
The amended Discount Rate applied to future losses in personal injury claims changed on 20 March 2017…
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Rising fines for Health and Safety Breaches?
Sentencing under the Health and Safety Offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety and Hygiene Offences Definitive Guidelines 2016.
Since the introduction of the Health and Safety Offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety and Hygiene Offences Definitive Guidelines (“Guidelines”) which came into force on 1 February 2016… -
The practical effect of the judgments in Spar Shipping AS v. Grand China Logistics Holding (Group) Co Ltd
This article sets out to review the principal practical effect of the two judgments in the Spar Shipping AS v. Grand China Logistics Holding (Group) Co Ltd litigation (“Spar”)…
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Dawn Raids
A number of official bodies have the power to enter and search your premises (including vessels), without any advance notice, to investigate potential breaches of the legislation which they are tasked with enforcing…
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Interpretation of the Inter-Club Agreement 1996
Introduction
In The Jangtze Xing Hua[1], the court was asked to consider the meaning of “act or neglect” in clause 8(d) of the Inter-Club Agreement 1996 (the “ICA”)… -
New Spanish Insurance Distribution Act (DSIDA)
The Spanish Government is in the process of drafting a new Spanish Insurance Distribution Act (‘DSIDA’), which would replace the current Insurance Intermediaries Act. A first draft has been circulated within the insurance market, in order to obtain feedback from those insurance distributors who might be affected…
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Thomas Cooper success in former Assistant Head Coach’s claims against EFL Championship club for unlawful deductions from wages and breach of contract.
Thomas Cooper success in former Assistant Head Coach’s claims against EFL Championship club for unlawful deductions from wages…