Press releases

Directors’ Authority

16 May 17 Contributor: Sharon Fryer

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?

Any port in a storm? A re-examination of the law concerning safe ports in The Ocean Victory

10 May 17 Contributor: Robert Shearer

The Supreme Court has recently handed down judgment in the long running matter of The Ocean Victory…

Thomas Cooper Partner, James Severn running the 2017 London Marathon

11 Apr 17 Contributor: James Severn

Thomas Cooper Partner, James Severn will be running the 2017 London Marathon…

The Impact of the Amended Discount Rate in Personal Injury Claims

24 Mar 17

The amended Discount Rate applied to future losses in personal injury claims changed on 20 March 2017…

Rising fines for Health and Safety Breaches?

16 Feb 17

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

16 Feb 17 Contributor: Tom Moisley

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”)…

Dawn Raids

16 Feb 17 Contributor: Sharon Fryer

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…

Interpretation of the Inter-Club Agreement 1996

16 Feb 17 Contributor: William Stansfield

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)

14 Feb 17 Contributors: Juan Alegre, Ann Marsden, Ernesto Rivera, Bernardo Ruiz Lima, Juan José Bernardo, Antonio de la Campa Cervera, Victor Mata, Javier Hernández Valenciano, Maria Vidal

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…

Thomas Cooper success in former Assistant Head Coach’s claims against EFL Championship club for unlawful deductions from wages and breach of contract.

02 Feb 17 Contributors: Nick Humphreys, Alex Brooks

Thomas Cooper success in former Assistant Head Coach’s claims against EFL Championship club for unlawful deductions from wages…