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Article 15 mai 2020
COVID-19 Insurance Update: 15 May 2020
Our latest thinking into the insurance impacts arising from the ongoing crisis is offered against a positive step in the UK exit strategy. Abbott and Roche have now both been approved to provide COVID-19 antibody tests in the UK.
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Article 12 mai 2020
COVID-19: the implications for EPL claims
In this article, we consider the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment practices liability (EPL) claims both immediately and in the longer term.
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News 5 mai 2020
Kennedys promotes thirteen to global partnership
We are delighted to confirm the promotion of thirteen lawyers to our partnership across practice areas including commercial, employment and healthcare, as well as specialist areas of insurance and liability that include cyber, property and construction, professional liability, travel, abuse and fraud. Eight of those promoted are based in the UK, with four in the US and one in Australia. Our worldwide partner count is now 264.
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Article 1 mai 2020
COVID-19: potential claims against construction professionals and its impact on ongoing and future disputes
The government has confirmed that construction sites across the UK should continue to operate. However, firms across the supply chain are being faced with difficult decisions about whether to temporarily close sites and, where sites remain open, the restrictions that need to be put into place.
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Article 1 mai 2020
COVID-19 Insurance Update: 1 May 2020
Financial Conduct Authority has announced it intends to ask the courts to rule on whether a ‘representative sample of the most frequently used’ BI policy wording provide cover for COVID-19 related losses.
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Article 27 abr 2020
Has your contract been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak? What to do now
At a time when we work and live from home and everything may only roam free on the internet, many contracts were and will continue to be cancelled due to the pandemic outbreak the world is dealing with right now.
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Article 24 abr 2020
COVID-19 – the professional consultants’ view
Following on from our previous article UK construction - will now be the time for collaboration? which examined how to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on building contracts, we now look to examine the possible impact on professional appointments.
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Article 22 abr 2020
Buying Australian? Please form an orderly queue
The Australian Government has recently announced temporary changes to foreign investment review processes during the COVID-19 pandemic, under which all foreign acquisitions and significant investments in Australian businesses will require government approval.
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Article 14 abr 2020
Commercial Brief: latest decisions April 2020
This update includes a roundup of recent court decisions raising issues relating to how allegations of fraud can interact with adjudication enforcement, the definition of philosophical belief under the Equity Act 2010, the resolution of conflicting clauses of an arbitration agreement and the assessment of interest in an equitable compensation claim arising out of a breach of fiduciary duty.
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News 8 abr 2020
Major partner and litigation head hire boosts Kennedys’ Peru office
We are pleased to announce that we have appointed Fernando Hurtado de Mendoza as a partner and Kodiak Semsch as a senior associate to our office in Lima as we continue to build a heavyweight practice in Peru. Fernando’s practice is split between aviation, corporate and insurance work. He moves from Rodrigo Elias y Medrano, the largest law firm in the country, and is immediately joined by associate Alejandra Vicuna. Kodiak, who will join the team later this month as the head of our Lima office’s litigation practice, is a dispute resolution specialist. He was formerly a litigation partner at Osterling Abogados.