For details of talks and seminars currently offered by members of 7KBW please contact Chantal Perdreau, at chantalp@7kbw.co.uk.

Topics covered by recent talks include:

• Recent developments in shipping law
• Contractual damages
• Shipbuilding: recurring disputes and how to avoid them
• Promises to arbitrate and their enforcement
• The modern day arbitrator – expectations and irritations
• Rectification: theoretical problems and practical answers
• The interpretation of force majeure clauses
• The “nuts and bolts” of FPSOs
• The Insurance Act 2015
• Freezing Injunctions
• Security for costs in arbitration (in the context of third party funding)
• Assessment of Damages: what benefits caused by a wrong must be brought into account?
• Attribution of knowledge
• Reinsurers’ liability/obligations at common law and the effect of “follow settlement” clauses.
• Insurance and the Misrepresentation Act 1967
• Current issues in tort law (remoteness, illegality, contributory negligence, duty of care, economic torts, joint torts, vicarious liability, non-delegable duties of care and various other topics)
• Commercial remedies (injunctions, specific performance, termination, damages, declaratory relief and various other topics)
• Civil procedure (especially relief from sanctions, judicial bias and recusal, costs, limitation, freezing orders and other interim relief).