The In-House Lawyer

Top ten really useful cases of 2009 If you want your panel solicitor to‘get off the fence’, need to know when a cause of action accrues or wondered whether the judiciary live in the 21st century, the following cases from 2009 provide ... Read more	Fire safety: a burning legal issue Heralded as the biggest overhaul of fire safety legislation in 40 years, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (FSO) 2005 was introduced in April 2006 with the intention of streamlining existing legislation, reducing the burden ... Read more
‘Boiler plate’ dispute resolution provisions: a trap for the unwary In the recent Commercial Court case of Shell Egypt West Manzala GmbH & anor v Dana Gas Egypt Ltd (formerly Centurion Petroleum Corporation) [2009] the Court held that a provision in an arbitration clause that ... Read more	Clarifying the law on limitation periods The Limitation Act 1980 (the 1980 Act) and certain specific statutes set out the law in respect of the defence of limitation and the timelines within which claims may be brought. There is no principle ... Read more
Say it like you really mean it: exclusion clauses In the recent case of Internet Broadcasting Corporation Ltd (t/a Nettv) & anor v Mar LLC (t/a MarHedge) [2009] the High Court held that perhaps, despite what the parties had agreed in words, an exclusion ... Read more	Litigating financial markets disputes: do we have a deal? Until very recently no other sphere of commercial activity could match the financial markets for the size, volume and speed of their dealings. Trades involving enormous sums are often negotiated and agreed within the space ... Read more
No duty to save you from yourself The recent case of Graham Calvert v William Hill Credit Ltd [2008] examined the difficult issue of whether bookmakers can be liable to their customers for failing to implement steps to protect them from their ... Read more	Challenging an award: subsection 68(2)(d) elucidated Undeniably, London is one of the most popular venues for international commercial arbitration for both domestic and international parties. This can be attributed to its accessibility and enforcement measures and, to some extent, the clear ... Read more
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