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News / Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships – in brief

11-04-2023 / Maritime

On 7 December 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships. The signing ceremony is due to be held in Beijing in September 2023 and the Convention will be known as the Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships.

Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships – in brief

News / Ince publishes 2022 Gender Pay Gap Report

11-04-2023

International legal and professional services business Ince has today published its 2022 Gender Pay Gap Report.

News / Law Commission consults on governing law of arbitration agreement

05-04-2023 / Maritime

In January 2022, the UK Law Commission commenced its review of the Arbitration Act 1996 and published its first consultation paper in September 2022. That consultation period closed in December 2022. However, as a result of some of the responses received from around 118 consultees, the Law Commission is now conducting a second consultation exercise discussing three topics.

Law Commission consults on governing law of arbitration agreement

News / Court finds parties did not concluding binding salvage contract

04-04-2023 / Maritime

The English Court has dealt with a preliminary issue arising out of the grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal on 23 March 2021.

Court finds parties did not concluding binding salvage contract

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News / Court finds sanctions did not excuse non-payment under letters of credit

03-04-2023 / Aviation & Travel

The Court has found that UK and US sanctions regulations enacted following the Russian invasion of Ukraine did not prevent or excuse the London branch of a German bank from making payments under letters of credit governed by English law to the beneficiary, an Irish aircraft lessor.

Court finds sanctions did not excuse non-payment under letters of credit

Insights / Way forward for permanent resident card holders missing EUSS deadline

29-03-2023 / Employment & Immigration

Most of us remember the former Home Secretary Amber Rudd famously stating that the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) application would be as easy as setting up an online account at LK Bennett. Reality has told us otherwise.

More than six million applications later, what was meant to be a simple process for all European Economic Area (EEA) citizens has inevitably unveiled more complex scenarios, some of them which were not envisaged when drafting the new rules under Appendix EU.

Way forward for permanent resident card holders missing EUSS deadline

News / Chat GPT and the rise of AI: Do I still need a family lawyer?

21-03-2023 / Family & Matrimonial

Artificial intelligence, including language models like Chat GPT, is undoubtedly on the rise and increasingly being introduced to maximise productivity in a number of industries and fields. In this article Lara Myers explores uses and implications of Chat GPT specifically in relation to family law.

Chat GPT: Do I still need a family lawyer?

News / One-off pilot error did not render port unsafe

21-03-2023 / Maritime

In this charterparty dispute, the arbitral tribunal rejected the Owners’ claim for damages for breach of the safe port warranty in a time charterparty, after a laden bulk carrier grounded at the entrance to the port of Chaozhou, China, while under compulsory pilotage. It also held that the vessel was unseaworthy, in breach of Article III.1 of the Hague Rules, due to lack of proper charts, but found on the facts that this was not causative of the grounding.

One-off pilot error did not render port unsafe