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Net Zero and UK Shipping: Parliamentary Committee publishes report

31 May 2024

The UK Government has allocated over £200 million in match funding to research and development initiatives for reducing maritime emissions from 2019 to 2025. This funding is just one welcome...

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Succession planning for GPs and dentists – can a trust help your succession planning?

31 May 2024

Trusts are often overlooked by GPs and dentists when considering their financial affairs. In this article, Hill Dickinson’s Legal Director Richard Marshall explores the role of trusts and when they...

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Oil trader’s internal hedging irrelevant to assessment of damages for breach of charter

30 May 2024

In this case, the owner was in breach of the charterparty and faced a claim for damages from the charterer, an oil trader that had entered into sale and purchase contracts for the cargo of crude oil.

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Hill Dickinson advises circular economy specialist Reconomy on acquisition of Circle Waste

30 May 2024

We're pleased to have advised Reconomy, the leading international circular economy specialist, on the company’s acquisition of Circle Waste, a digital-first, UK outsourced waste management provider.

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Procurement Act 2023 Update 6 – Changes to grounds for exclusion and the new Debarment List

30 May 2024

What is the new Dearment List? The debarment list is a wholly new concept introduced under the Procurement Act 2023 (“Act”), which is a list kept by a Minister of excluded and excludable suppliers...

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Court cautions against unmeritorious applications to set aside arbitral awards

29 May 2024

In this case, the Hon Madam Justice Mimmie Chan stated that: “1. This is a typical example of a party which has agreed to submit its contractual disputes to the final and binding determination of a...

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The Mental Capacity Act- your guide to key information

28 May 2024

Welcome to our series of short videos from Amy Clarke, Legal Director, on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 – what it is, who does it apply to, how it is applied and the role of the Court of Protection...

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TUPE: substantial change in working conditions to the employee’s material detriment

28 May 2024

In a long-running claim, which has twice been considered by the EAT, it has been held that an employee was entitled to consider himself unfairly dismissed after the employer made substantial...

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Whistleblowing: no need to consider hidden motivations in detriment claims

28 May 2024

In a whistleblowing dismissal claim, the ‘Jhuti principle’ allows the tribunal to consider the hidden motivations of senior managers who have manufactured a fictitious reason to dismiss when the...

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Religion and belief discrimination: exemplary damages awarded against regulator

28 May 2024

In an exceptionally rare decision, a regulator has been ordered to pay £5,000 exemplary damages to a claimant who suffered discrimination due to her gender critical beliefs. The regulator had...

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Court continues anti-anti-suit injunction in respect of Russian court proceedings

28 May 2024

The English Court has once again shown its willingness to grant injunctive relief in circumstances in which sanctioned Russian entities have commenced Russian Court proceedings, arguing that they...

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CFA affirms lawfulness of “Letters of No Consent Regime”

24 May 2024

On 10 April 2024, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) handed down a landmark unanimous judgment, in which it confirmed that the “Letter of No Consent” regime (No Consent Regime) under the...