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Supreme Court says common sense is the answer

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 29 2012

The law and common sense do not always coincide but in Rainy Sky S. A. v Kookmin Bank they did

Are without prejudice discussions always a closed book?

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 31 2011

The Supreme Court's judgment in Oceanbulk Shipping v TMT has provided a helpful analysis of the protection given to without prejudice negotiations

Wrong name fails to prevent contract by performance

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 21 2011

A ship was chartered to take condensate from Norway to the US

Subcontractor’s settlement payment fails to cap contribution to engineers

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 21 2011

Construction of a train servicing depot near Wembley involved substantial excavation and stabilisation of the resulting clay slopes

Cross-border issues and disputes: jurisdiction, forum selection and parallel proceedings; and governing law

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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July 25 2011

Permission to serve English proceedings out of the jurisdiction on a Russian Defendant had been correctly granted to a Cayman Claimant, and the proceedings should continue in the English Courts

How much does it cost to stop a train?

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 31 2011

Recovery of economic loss caused by negligence is a sensitive legal issue, but what if the economic loss is consequent upon physical damage?

High Court rules that Eurostar is not a contracting entity or authority

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 23 2012

On 20 January 2012, the High Court of England and Wales gave its judgment that Eurostar is neither a contracting entity under the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006, nor a contracting authority under the Public Contracts Regulations 2006

Court of Appeal confirms bill for trainstoppers

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 21 2011

Last year Network Rail obtained judgments against two companies whose drivers had, respectively, damaged overhead rail power cables and caused an accident on a railway bridge, which caused railway lines to be closed for significant periods

The concurrent delay debate goes on

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 21 2011

A case about two ships that were not ready for sea trials in time prompted a review of the prevention principle and the law on concurrent delay

When preliminary views are, and are not, necessary

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 21 2011

In Hyder v Carillion an adjudicator deciding a fee dispute between a civil engineering contractor and its consultant on a rail project did not put his preliminary views to the parties for comment before making his award