Conflict and Wars in UK Law

  • Force Majeure Clause May Be Unreliable If Circumstances Are Within Reasonable Control
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... fire, flood, wars, armed conflict, terrorist act, riot, civil ... commotion, malicious ... ...
  • Sanctions/Export Highlights [As of August 18, 2022]
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    UK Publishes General License for Energy for Mongolia: On August 16, 2022, the UK published General License INT/2022/2085212 for Mongolia energy payments.  The license permits payments to the Credit...
    ... ... U.S., EU, and Others Call for Russian Diamonds to be Labeled “Conflict Diamonds”: According to media reports, the U.S., European Union, Canada, ... defines conflict diamonds as “rough diamonds used to finance wars against governments.”  The press reports that, aside from energy, gems ... ...
  • Recent developments In Force Majeure
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... eruptions, landslides) Natural catastrophes Plague or epidemic Wars, invasion, armed conflict Blockades, embargoes Sabotage Nationwide ... ...
  • Brexit – What, When And Why?
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... The EU evolved directly from the ashes of two great wars in the 20th century in which millions of combatants were killed and ... These two wars had roots in countless centuries of war, conflict, suspicion, prejudice and isolation (political, economic and cultural) ... ...
  • Brexit: UK/EU Jump into the Unknown - What’s Ahead?
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    This is the fifth in an ongoing series of blog posts by Foley & Lardner LLP on the implications of the June 23, 2016 voter referendum in the United Kingdom (“UK”) to exit the European Union (“EU”) ...
    ... ... to reiterate, the EU evolved directly from the ashes of two great wars in the 20th century. Seeking to rise above centuries of war, conflict, ... ...
  • Automotive Technology - A New Battleground For Patent Wars?
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... patent wars.  The wars started when Nokia sued Apple, and in return, Apple sued Nokia.  Although this early stage could be viewed as a conflict between the established companies and the new entrants into the market, before long Apple were in dispute with another newcomer, HTC, and the dispute ... ...
  • Solar Wars Part V: Achmea – A Phantom Menace?
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... Otherwise, there is no conflict between investors' rights under the ECT and EU law. Correctly interpreted, the EU founding treaties' prohibition on EU Member States agreeing to ... ...
  • Solar Wars Part X: The Force Is Strong With Investors
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... to jurisdiction, concluding that Achmea extended only to BITs and not the ECT, which is a multilateral treaty; hence there is no material conflict between the ECT and EU law.  In any event, EU law could not modify Spain's obligations under the ECT. On the merits, 9Ren claimed it invested in ... ...
  • Blackcurrant Wars, As Ribena Fends Off Attempt To Get Access To Key Plant Variety Through Compulsory Licence
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... Ben Starav variety exhibited certain unique features, namely: i) a consistent high yield of good quality fruit; ii) harvest season not in conflict with other cultivars; iii) even ripening at harvest; iv) even bud-break across a range of winters; v) good juice quality from an organoleptic point ... ...
  • Extraterritoriality and the transatlantic free speech wars
    • LexBlog United Kingdom
    The transatlantic free speech wars continue to rage. The US House Judiciary Committee was in action again last week, taking aim at the European Commission (who rejected its latest interim report as...
    ... ... Years of diplomatic activity had failed to resolve the conflict ,  which had become more acute in the late 1970s ... As already mentioned, a state-level GRANITE Act has been introduced as a Bill into the Wyoming ... ...
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