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Manchester Ship Canal Company v United Utilities – there’s something in the water
Posted: 25/09/2024
The judgment handed down by the Supreme Court in Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd [2024] UKSC 22 has provided some answers to the question of whether the owners of private waterways can bring claims in the tort of nuisance if their water is polluted by discharges of foul water (ie untreated sewage)......>>
Jalla v Shell – the after-effects of a solitary oil spill are not a continuing nuisance
Posted: 02/10/2023
A recent judgment of the Supreme Court deals with an apparent test case on behalf of 27,830 claimants who were seeking to get around a time-limit issue by reframing their claim in the tort of nuisance. Admittedly, the affected landowners were rather late in the day in bringing their claims arising out of the Bonga oil spill......>>
Will the FIFA Football Agent Regulations reform the role of the football agent for the better?
Posted: 01/03/2023
The first stage of the FIFA Football Agent Regulations 2022 came into force on 9 January 2023. The regulations will ‘govern the occupation of football agents’ and represent a wide-ranging reform to the way in which agents will work in football. When fully implemented in October 2023, the most significant changes will be the re-introduction......>>
The IMO’s unified interpretation of the LLMC and CLC conventions - when should a shipowner lose their right to limit liability?
Posted: 26/01/2023
The sea is inherently perilous and commercial maritime adventure is to be encouraged. With this in mind, the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC) of 1976, the LLMC Protocol of 1996, and the Civil Liability Convention (CLC) of 1992 all serve to limit a shipowner’s liability for a wide range of maritime liabilities......>>

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