James Doe
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Articles
Case Digest: TCC enforces adjudicator’s decision notwithstanding that relevant construction contract included exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of foreign court
European Union, United Kingdom - March 19 2021 Motacus Constructions Limited v Paolo Castelli SPA [2012] EWHC 356 (TCC) concerned an application for summary judgment to enforce an adjudicator’s…
Case Digest: TCC permits owner to make post-limitation amendment to Particulars of Claim to introduce new claim that contractor was in breach of contract by using combustible cladding on owner’s tower blocks
United Kingdom - February 24 2021 Martlet Homes Limited v Mulalley & Co. Limited [2021] EWHC 296 (TCC) concerned a claim brought by the owner of several high rise towers against the…
Case Digest: Court of Appeal confirms demolition must be assessed on quantitative rather than qualitative basis when determining whether conservation area consent is required
United Kingdom - February 22 2021 In Mr Jean-Francois Clin v Walter Lilly & Co. Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 136, the Court of Appeal considered the correct approach to be taken when…
Case Digest: Court of Appeal finds conflict of interest where expert organisation was acting for and against same client on two separate but concurrent related arbitrations
United Kingdom - February 10 2021 In Secretariat Consulting PTE Ltd, Secretariat International UK Ltd and Secretariat Advisors LLC v A Company [2021] EWCA Civ 6, the Court of Appeal…
Terminating your contract: when can you call it quits? Contract disputes practical guides issue 8, December 2020
United Kingdom - December 9 2020 Parties to commercial contracts may wish to exit their contractual arrangements for all sorts of reasons. In many cases, they will have included in…
