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02-06-2023 / Energy & Infrastructure

In ClientEarth v Shell Plc and others [2023] EWHC 1137 (Ch) the High Court (“Court) dismissed a claim by ClientEarth requesting the Court to determine whether it has established a prima facie case to proceed with its substantive application for permission to continue with a derivative claim against Shell Plc. In this article we summarise the Court’s consideration of the claims relating to the derivative action, the establishment of a prima facie case and the alleged breach of various statutory duties.

31-05-2023 / Maritime

The Court of Appeal has held that the Hague-Visby Rules one-year time bar applied to the Claimant bank’s claim under the bills of lading for mis-delivery after discharge. As a result, the claim was out of time. Read our article, by William Chetwood, Reema Shour and Sharon Msiza, for a discussion of the decision.

24-05-2023 / Maritime

In this commodities dispute, the Court has found that the arbitral appeal tribunal had misdirected itself on whether the claimant’s losses were too remote to be recoverable. In their article, Joanna Steele and Reema Shour discuss why the Court came to this conclusion.

16-05-2023 / Employment & Immigration

Following the UK Government's announcement that the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill will be amended to remove the "sunset clause", it has proposed consultation on three areas of employment law.