Is Canada about to overhaul its marine environment risk management regime? *

Canada - February 11 2013
On February 5, 2013, the Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, prepared on behalf of the Auditor General of…

Co-authors: Wylie Spicer, QC, Vanessa Rochester.

Canada Federal Budget 2012 - transport sector *

Canada - April 10 2012
On March 29, 2012, the federal government tabled its budget for the coming year. 

Now you see it, now you don't: when the state owned entity you are doing business with no longer exists *

United Kingdom - November 26 2010
A recent decision of the UK Supreme Court emphasizes the importance, when your transaction involves a state entity, of clarity about the extent to which the state itself will owe obligations.

Co-authors: Azim Hussain.

Hong Kong Court of Appeal confirms that foreign states do not benefit from absolute immunity *

Hong Kong - March 24 2010
On February 10, 2010, the Court of Appeal for the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong ("HKSAR") delivered a landmark decision that will be welcomed by the international business community.

Co-authors: Azim Hussain.