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Turning Off the Tap – The Impact of EU Policy on LNG Traders
In this article, we clarify developments in EU policy on importing Russian gas into Europe and assess the likely impact on LNG traders…
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Guide
Client Guide to Trade Finance Disputes: Letters of Credit
This guide is part of our series on trade finance disputes. It outlines the key features of LCs, highlights legal and practical risks under English…
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Briefing
Hitex & Ors V Uniserve: Court of Appeal Overturns US$16.94m Damages Award for PPE Supply Contract
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the first Claimant (Hitex) entered into a contract with the Defendant (Uniserve) for the supply of…
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Guide
Client Guide to Trade Finance Disputes: Guarantees and Indemnities
This client guide outlines the key features of guarantees and indemnities, highlights legal and practical risks under English law and identifies…
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Briefing
Commercial Litigation Case Update
We are delighted to present the inaugural edition of the English Commercial Litigation Case Update, a summary of relevant recent key cases. HFW is…
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Commodities Case Update 19th edition, September 2025
We are delighted to present the nineteenth edition of the Commodities Case Update, with a summary of key recent cases relevant to the…
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When Does an Undertaking To Refrain From Enforcement Differ From a Non-Enforcement Agreement?
In March 2025, the English High Court in Segulah Medical Acceleration AB anors v Tripathi anor ruled that a British Virgin Islands injunction…
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Briefing
18th Commodities Case Update
We are delighted to present the eighteenth edition of the Commodities Case Update, with a summary of ten key recent cases relevant to the…
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Has the English court signalled the end of the Shareholder Rule?
Has the English court signalled the end of the Shareholder Rule, and enabled companies to refuse disclosure on the grounds of privilege?
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Commodities case update 17th edition: September 2024
Read our seventeenth edition of the Commodities Case Update, summarising 12 key recent cases relevant to the commodities sector.
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Bulletin
LNG bulletin July 2024
Welcome to the July edition of the LNG bulletin. We are delighted to include four articles, from our offices in Singapore, London and Perth…
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Briefing
Is Retrieval Duty an Extension of the Quincecare Duty
In this article we review the English court judgment in CCP Graduate School L…
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