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May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 by Duane Morris

RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping BV: a party required to use reasonable endeavours to mitigate a force majeure need not accept non-contractual performance

By Helen Ryan, Trainee Solicitor, Duane Morris LLP

On 15 May 2024, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping BV [2024] UKSC 18.

The appeal centred around the issue of whether a force majeure clause which required the affected party to exercise ‘reasonable endeavors’ to overcome the effects of the relevant event or state of affairs meant that the other contracting party had to accept an offer of non-contractual performance.

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February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 by Mark Handley

Court of Appeal rejects challenge to yacht seizure and sanctions designation

The Court of Appeal in London has today handed down judgment in Dalston Projects Limited & Ors v Secretary of State for Transport [2024] EWCA Civ 172.

The decision relates to two appeals:

1. 1. a challenge by a non-designated Russian national to the seizure and freezing of his yacht in London; and
  2. a challenge to his designation by Eugene Shivdler, originally from the Soviet Union but now a British national.

Both had been unsuccessful at first instance and both lost on appeal.

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