Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L v. Huawei Technologies Co Ltd & ors [16.04.18] Mobile phones can talk to each other because industry standard-settings organisations (SSOs) set technical standards (3G, 4G etc) which manufacturers and network operators comply with. Those standards are... Read more »
Recent Cases
Tue, 17/4/2018
Today, 17 April 2018, the Court of Appeal (Gloster and Flaux LJJ) handed down judgment in this important carriage of goods case concerned with limitation of liability. In a decision of great significance to the container trade and the wider shipping industry, the Court dealt with issues concerning... Read more »
Tue, 27/3/2018
Cockerill J sitting in the Commercial Court in London today granted summary judgment allowing in its entirety a claim brought by Eric Daniels against Lloyds Banking Group, which he formerly led as CEO, in relation to its refusal to transfer to him over 2 million shares to which he was entitled... Read more »
Fri, 9/3/2018
[2017] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 203 (Commercial Court) Appeal from arbitration award dealing with the meaning of “consequential losses” in the context of an exception clause in an SAJ form shipbuilding contract. The case gives guidance as to when the phrase “consequential losses... Read more »
Fri, 2/3/2018
The Commercial Court handed down judgment in the latest of a series of cases (most recently The Bremen Max [2009] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 81 and The Zagora [2017] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 194) considering the construction and operation of the international P&I Clubs’ standard form for letters of... Read more »
Thu, 22/2/2018
Renewable energy operator RES UK and Ireland Limited, represented in the High Court in Belfast by Gordon Nardell QC, has succeeded in judicial review proceedings about its proposed 7-turbine wind farm at Barr Cregg, near Derry City. Gordon was called temporarily to the Bar of Northern Ireland... Read more »
Wed, 21/2/2018
The Court of Appeal handed down judgment on 19 February 2018 in a case raising important questions relating to the law of marine insurance, and in particular to claims for constructive total loss. The first issue was as to the meaning and proper effect of the requirement in s.62(3) of the... Read more »
Tue, 20/2/2018
Andrew Dinsmore appeared for the successful Claimants in this case, which was the first English authority to apply the common law rule barring set-off against freight (the ‘Freight Rule’) to aviation. The Freight Rule was developed in the shipping context before being applied to... Read more »
Thu, 8/2/2018
Michael Ashcroft QC acted for the successful defendant in this arbitration claim under s67 of the Arbitration Act 1996, involving a challenge to an award on jurisdiction issued by an arbitrator. The decision of Knowles J provides useful guidance on the important question of when, and in what... Read more »
Thu, 25/1/2018
Michael Ashcroft QC and Belinda McRae appeared for the successful claimant in obtaining a rare order under section 42 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to enforce a peremptory order of a tribunal. The application arose in the context of two ongoing London-seated arbitrations concerning the breach... Read more »
