Marine insurance, like other forms of insurance, has events where a ship owner can make a claim and exclusions where they cannot. In this case a ship was detained because smugglers had strapped significant amounts of cocaine to the hull of the boat and the
Plea deals allow public authorities to dispense with cases (that would otherwise be very expensive to run) in a timely and efficient manner. The problem is that this leaves a great deal of discretion to a public authority that can be exercised in an arbitrary
In contract law, terms can be created or modified either orally or in writing but what happens when a contract specifically excludes oral modifications? Does a subsequent oral modification cancel out that original clause or would the modification be invalid? In this episode we find
Here is the latest cartoon from Matt in the Daily Telegraph: In the end it wasn’t to be. Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane and the England team did not make it to the World Cup final after losing to a superior Croatian team that demonstrated greater
What happens when a series of criminal offences are committed over a period when a new piece of legislation comes into force? Do they fall under the new rules or the old ones? The job of the Supreme Court was made especially difficult in this
Whether you are a remainer or a Brexiteer it is legally possible that we are so far along the road of Brexit that we couldn’t change our mind even if we wanted to. One person who wants to know for certain is Jolyon Maugham QC,
This case is the legal equivalent of the aphorism ‘If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?’ Here though the question is ‘If a letter arrives while you are on holiday, have you