Happy Holidays from the 12KBW I&T Group

As 2022 comes to an end I wanted to take a brief moment to reflect on a busy year (yes, I know, another one of these ‘year in reviews’) for the 12KBW International and Travel Group. First and foremost, thank you to anyone who reads this blog, shares our posts and engages with the content…

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Spanish Law: Points of Interest

If the wintery weather has got you dreaming not of a White Christmas, but of warmer climes, then fly away with Peter Hale to sunny Tenerife, as he explores the ‘hot topic’ of penalty interest under Spanish law in the context of two recent decisions: Background As travel practitioners will recall, Article 20 of the…

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Service, jurisdiction and forum conveniens post Brexit

The High Court has handed down an interesting judgment on service, jurisdiction and forum conveniens post Brexit. In this post, Alex Carington considers the decision of Master McCloud in Charlton v Deffert [2022] EWHC 2378 (KB) in which he successfully defended a jurisdiction challenge by the Defendant. A copy of the judgment can be found…

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Last question

I can’t resist raising a question for discussion that I’ve been thinking about before I retire. Here it is: Do claimants in fatal accident claims governed by a foreign law have QOCS protection?

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Welcome to our new editor

In what is without doubt the biggest resignation news of the last week, I can announce that after six years the time has finally come for me to step down as editor of this blog. Fortunately, there will be no messy contest for my replacement: I’m delighted to hand it over to Spencer Turner. For…

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Costs capping order refused in Malawian tea plantation litigation

A fascinating costs decision has just been released (please bear with me) in Thomas & Ors v PGI Group Ltd [2021] EWHC 2776 (QB). Kate Boakes is one of the counsel team representing the Claimants. 31 women employed at tea and macadamia nut plantations in Malawi allege sexual assault, harassment, and other types of sexual…

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