The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has now launched the 2016 Design and Build Contract form. It follows on the tails of the release in June of the 2016 editions of the Minor Works Building Contract and the Short Form Subcontracts in July 2016. To coincide with the launch of the 2016 Design and Build Contract, back-to-back changes have also been made in relation to the Design and Build Subcontract Agreement and Conditions Forms.
Hill Dickinson’s corporate team has advised the shareholders and management of Barber of Sheffield, Europe’s leading supplier of body art products, on its sale to RJD Partners in a secondary buy-out.
Members of Hill Dickinson’s reputation protection team, Hanna Basha and Nick Grant, have successfully acted for Coronation Street star, Ryan Thomas, in his defamation and privacy claim. The team secured a full apology and compensation.
International law firm Hill Dickinson has further strengthened its London shipping team with the arrival of master mariner Donal Keaney, bringing the total number of master mariners at the firm to six.
Hill Dickinson’s corporate team has advised The Delivery Group in connection with its merger and partnership with international e-commerce logistics operator P2P Mailing.
On Friday, the Commercial Court, in the case of Vinnlustodin HF and another -v- Sea Tank Shipping AS (The AQASIA) settled a 92-year-old debate, by finding that the limit of liability under Article IV rule 5 of the Hague Rules does not apply to bulk cargo.
In a decision handed down on 7 October 2016, the Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of Popplewell J. at first instance and concluded that payment of hire by charterers was not a condition of the charterparty (Grand China Logistics Holding (Group) Co. Ltd -v- Spar Shipping AS [2016] EWCA Civ 982).
The corporate team at international law firm Hill Dickinson has been named the North West’s most active M&A advisor for the first nine months of the year as revealed in a report by Experian. The report ranks the most active legal and financial advisers in the UK and Wales.
It may sound like the parting words of a jilted lover, but it could equally be the sound advice of a property lawyer to a tenant who has exercised the break clause in a lease.
