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June 2016

UK Health and Safety Law following "Brexit" – Business as Usual (probably)

UK Health and Safety Law following "Brexit" – Business as Usual (probably)

The momentous decision on 23rd June will put in place a process which (we are confidently told by the "Leave" camp) will see the repatriation of law-m ...

Romania - Report on 2015 activity published by the Romanian Data Protection Authority

Romania - Report on 2015 activity published by the Romanian Data Protection Authority

On 1 June, the Romanian Data Protection Authority ("RDPA") issued its 2015 annual report (the "Report"), which summarises the activity of the RDPA las ...

Brexit: the implications for the insurance industry

Brexit: the implications for the insurance industry

The UK has voted to leave the European Union. This briefing summarises the likely implications for the insurance market in the UK.  

Brexit: the implications for the health sector

Brexit: the implications for the health sector

The UK has voted to leave the European Union. This briefing summarises the likely implications for the health sector in the UK.

Telecommunications giant files for Brazil's biggest bankruptcy request

Telecommunications giant files for Brazil's biggest bankruptcy request

Rio de Janeiro-based Oi SA, Brazil’s fourth-largest telecom company, filed on Monday 20 June 2016 the largest judicial reorganisation petition in Braz ...

Resolving Ambiguities in the Interpretation of Performance Bonds

Resolving Ambiguities in the Interpretation of Performance Bonds

Insurance policies and performance bonds underpin the financial performance of parties and the allocation of risk provisions of construction and engin ...

Exclusion of Liability for Consequential Loss and the Role of the Contra Proferentem Rule

Exclusion of Liability for Consequential Loss and the Role of the Contra Proferentem Rule

In the recent case of Transocean Drilling U.K. Ltd v Providence Resources plc (2016) EWCA Civ 372 upheld the allocation of risk provisions and exclusi ...

Fresca-Judd and SSE Generation Limited

Fresca-Judd and SSE Generation Limited

Elizabeth Ann Fresca-Judd v Galina Golovina [2016] EWHC 497 This case concerned the insurance recovery position of a tenant where damage had occurred ...

Allocation of Risk and Fitness Purpose: MT Højgaard A/S v Eon Climate and Renewables UK Robin Rigg East Limited

Allocation of Risk and Fitness Purpose: MT Højgaard A/S v Eon Climate and Renewables UK Robin Rigg East Limited

The Court of Appeal last year had to consider whether the employer or contractor under a design and build contract had assumed the risk for defects in ...

Choose Your Neighbour Wisely… Preferably One With a Shredder

Choose Your Neighbour Wisely… Preferably One With a Shredder

The Court of Appeal case of Graves v Brouwer (2015) EWCA Civ 595 has tackled the issue of expert evidence with competing causation theories. Whilst th ...