April 19, 2022

Collision Jurisdiction Agreements

A recent decision in the Admiralty Court is of interest because it addresses the effect of paragraph C of the standard ASG2 Collision Jurisdiction Agreement (CJA), a copy of which can be found here. In short, paragraph C provides that parties signing a CJA under which... Read more >

April 15, 2021

Appeals under s.69 – a second bite at the cherry?

One attraction of English arbitration is that there is a right of appeal in certain circumstances. However, that right is very limited. One ground of appeal is on the basis that the arbitrators have erred in law. That right arises under section 69 appeal under the... Read more >

April 9, 2021

Cargo insurance and contractual interpretation

ABN Amro Bank N.V. -v- Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc and others [2021] EWHC 442 (Comm) In a recent judgment handed down by the English Commercial Court on 26 February 2021, the Court has provided useful guidance in a number of areas of insurance law. In our... Read more >

February 8, 2021

Whose standard terms apply? English court sheds new light on ‘battle of the forms’ and jurisdiction clauses

TRW v Panasonic [2021] EWHC 19 (TCC) In a judgment handed down on 8 January 2021, the English High Court has shed further light on the contractual ‘battle of the forms’, where each party to a concluded contract argues that its own standard terms apply. Under English... Read more >