by Editor | Jan 30, 2024 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. It had been said in the past that it was a party’s constitutional right to be heard at trial to resolve a dispute. No longer. The right to trial was the thrust of one the hitherto leading authorities as to whether ADR or mediation...
by Editor | Nov 26, 2023 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Maurice Lynch and Jason Symons, Mills Oakley, Australia Australia is amid a tumultuous period of cyber upheaval. Last weekend, another large Australian business was exposed to a cyber-attack. Australian businesses must now be thinking “If not now, when?” The attack...
by Editor | Oct 30, 2023 | Carriage by Sea, International Conventions, National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Bill C-47, the budget implementation omnibus Act, received royal assent on 22 June 2023 and came into force on 20 September. Subdivision A of Division 21 of Part 4 amends the Marine Liability...
by Editor | Oct 24, 2023 | Carriage by Road, Case Summaries, International Conventions
Charlotte Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Ref: Judgment of the Gelderland District Court dated 28 June 2023 in the proceedings between HDM N.V., plaintiff in the main action, defendant in the counterclaim proceedings and Addink Distributie...
by Editor | Oct 11, 2023 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. As I prefaced in earlier articles (here and here), The Law Commission has been scrutinising the Arbitration Act 1996 and has now issued its final report after a couple of consultation rounds. As I intimated in my earlier articles,...
