3PB Barristers' commercial & Business Law Group brings you the Autumn Edition of its Legal Update Handout
1st November 2016
Topics:
- Interpreting exclusion clauses between commercial parties [Transocean Drilling UK Ltd v Providence Resources plc [2016] EWCA Civ 372]
- The duty to mitigate debt claims: White & Carter v. McGregor reconsidered by the Court of Appeal [MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co SA v. Cottonex Anstalt [2016] EWCA Civ 789]
- The 2016 changes to Insurance Law: A litigator's perspective
- Can a false contractual warranty also give rise to a claim in misrepresentation? [Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd v. Sumitomo Corp [2016] EWHC 1909]
- Recent issues in contribution claims under the 1978 Act [W.H. Newson Holdings Ltd v. IMI plc [2016] EWCA Civ 773 and Cape Distribution Ltd v. Cape Intermediate Holdings plc [2016] EWHC 1119 (QB)]
- Illegality in the Supreme Court [Patel v. Mirza [2016] UKSC 42]
Please click here to view our handout.
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