
David Beaves Senior Partner, Hong Kong
One Belt One Road (OBOR)
One Belt One Road (OBOR) is arguably the most ambitious and controversial capital and infrastructure project of the 21st century. Led by the government in China this long term investment will involve 65 countries and impact 4.4 billion people.
Jon Elvey, Partner at Ince & Co, London put David Beaves through the paces as he questioned him on whether the ambition to create a free-flowing, “open, inclusive and balanced regional economic cooperation architecture” will benefit all, or is it really politically motivated? Either way, the impact will stretch far beyond the ‘Old Silk Road’.
18-02-2022 / Commodities & Trade
Addax Energy S.A. v. Petro Trade Inc. [2022] EWHC 237 (Comm) In a dispute arising out of the supply of petroleum products, the English Court has dismissed a challenge to its jurisdiction, finding that the claimant supplier had a good arguable case that an English jurisdiction clause was incorporated into an alleged oral agreement by way of course of dealing. In doing so, the Court confirmed that the evidence required to establish a course of dealing need not be extensive or consistent to meet the relevant legal test.
18-02-2022 / Commodities & Trade, Maritime
In a recent ruling, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) was asked to consider the interpretation of Article 5 of EC Regulation No. 2771/96 of 22 November 1996 (commonly referred to as the “Blocking Regulation”) in relation to the termination, by a German telecoms company, of a contract with a bank subject to US sanctions.
12-01-2022 / Commodities & Trade
This commodities dispute highlights the importance of drafting a notice of arbitration carefully to ensure that it covers all the disputes that are intended to be referred to arbitration.
04-08-2021 / Commodities & Trade
PBO v. DONPRO & others [2021] EWHC 1951 (Comm)
24-06-2021 / Commodities & Trade
BP Oil International Limited v. (1) Vega Petroleum Limited & (2) Dover Investments Limited [2021] EWHC 1364 (Comm)
01-03-2021 / Commodities & Trade
Black Sea Commodities Ltd v. Lemarc Agromond Pte Ltd [2021] EWHC 287 (Comm)