Following the recent amendments to the Marshall Islands Maritime Act that introduced the electronic recordation of preferred mortgages and lease finance charters, the Marshall Islands have further...

Seed capital is money that is used to start and grow your business. New and growing businesses raise funding from various sources to cover the costs of developing, improving and getting their product

A mortgagee bank has obtained summary judgment in respect of its claims under a loan agreement, where the loan was secured by mortgages over vessels owned by the borrowers.
The Court dismissed...

The government launched a consultation on 24 January 2024 seeking views on the time, cost, and market impact implications of collecting and publishing information about 'agreements, such as...

In our article Food and Fluid Refusal in Prison Settings we explored some of the challenges posed by patients refusing food and/or fluid in a prison setting. Exploring the individual’s motivation and

Help your practice make a flying start to 2024 by signing up for this webinar, hosted by Hill Dickinson and BW Medical Accountants with guest speaker Sheinaz Stansfield...

Letters of credit lie at the heart of trade across international borders. The principle of autonomy of a letter of credit i.e. its independence from the underlying sale transaction, is expressly..

Welcome to the latest edition of our Court of Protection newsletter.

We recently advised a syndicate of five UK lenders on the refinancing of a £480m term and revolving loan facility for Bruntwood SciTech

After the decisions in The Leonidas [2020] EWHC 1986 and The Newcastle Express [2022] EWCA Civ 1555, it is clearly established that, in the context of contracts for the employment of a ship...

Last week, the Ministry of Justice launched public consultation on re-introducing Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal fees with a Claimant/Appeallant (as applicable) expected to pay...

Under the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609) of Hong Kong (“AO”), unless the relevant arbitration agreement expressly provides for application of the opt-in provisions in sections 5-7 of Schedule 2...