Watson Farley & Williams | United Kingdom | 28 Jun 2022
The Supreme Court has given guidance as to who is an occupier of land for the purposes of the Electronic Communications Code contained within the…
Watson Farley & Williams | United Kingdom | 21 Jun 2022
In an important decision, the UK Court of Appeal has today overturned a High Court judgment that restricted the use of a quicker and cheaper means of…
Watson Farley & Williams | United Kingdom | 14 Jun 2022
The Court of Appeal has determined the applicable jurisdiction for disputes arising out of a tower of insurance policies where the clauses conflicted…
Watson Farley & Williams | United Kingdom | 9 Jun 2022
While on ‘special leave’ as per Article 4(5) of Legislative Decree No. 151/2001, employees are only entitled to their fixed monthly salary and all…
Watson Farley & Williams | United Kingdom | 8 Jun 2022
In Soteria Insurance Limited (formerly CIS General Insurance Limited) v IBM United Kingdom Limited [2022] EWCA Civ 440, the UK Court of Appeal has…
Watson Farley & Williams | United Kingdom | 1 Jun 2022
A ship financier's primary security is the mortgaged ship. If the ship becomes a total loss, the mortgage will provide no valuable security, leaving…
Watson Farley & Williams | United Kingdom | 31 May 2022
The Admiralty Court has considered, for the first time, the issue of collision liability in a Precautionary Area (an area of traffic crossing in…
Watson Farley & Williams | United Kingdom | 24 May 2022
A vessel was detained in Venezuela for 14 months as the crew were suspected of attempting to smuggle diesel oil. The mortgagee bank claimed for the…
Watson Farley & Williams | Italy | 19 May 2022
On 17 May 2022, an inter-ministerial decree from the Ministries of Labour and of Equal Opportunities published their guidelines on completing the…
Watson Farley & Williams | United Kingdom | 18 May 2022
The British Energy Security Strategy, published 7 April 2022, rightly calls energy "the lifeblood of the global economy", citing our reliance on…