We are delighted to have maintained our ranking as one of the UK’s leading shipping law firms in the Legal 500, and for the seventh consecutive year.   The results were published last week and can be found at www.legal500.com.   The Legal 500 is probably the world’s most prestigious publication of its kind, and it ranks and lists law firms globally every year. We are ...

Dear clients and friends of the firm,   Our office swiftly adapted its working arrangements to follow the government guidelines and all our staff are working remotely, with no effect on continued high quality casehandling or our specialists’ availability. There are no changes to our working hours and business very much runs as usual.   We thank you for placing your trust in us ...

The ‘E3’ – the European participants in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (‘JCPOA’) – have triggered the plan’s Dispute Resolution Mechanism. Helen Schlemminger takes stock of its prospects in her publication with the WorldECR, the Journal of Export Controls & Sanctions.

It may seem a lot further back, but just over 7 weeks ago on 31 December the first reports of what is now called COVID19, the “new coronavirus”, came from Wuhan in China’s Hubei Province. Since then a total of 75,309 cases in 30 countries have been confirmed, of which 2,014 have resulted in death. Such a thing disrupts everyday and ...