Phillip Ashley

May 24, 2024 | lexology.com | Phillip Ashley |Ted Rhodes |David Rutherford |Siobhan O. Neill

On 15 May 2024, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the Court of Appeal’s decision that a ‘reasonable endeavours’ obligation in a force majeure clause could require a party to accept alternative, or non-contractual, performance.

May 23, 2024 | cms.law | Phillip Ashley |Ted Rhodes |David Rutherford |Siobhan O. Neill

23/05/2024On 15 May 2024, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the Court of Appeal’s decision that a ‘reasonable endeavours’ obligation in a force majeure clause could require a party to accept alternative, or non-contractual, performance.The Supreme Court clarified... Read more

Dec 14, 2023 | lexology.com | Phillip Ashley |John Geddes |Emma Nierinck |David Rutherford

In RSM Production Corporation v Gaz du Cameroun SA [2023] EWHC 2820 (Comm), the English High Court considered the relationship between arbitration clauses in a production sharing contract (or participation agreement), joint operating agreement and settlement agreement (straddling both). The outcome illustrates the benefit of giving careful consideration to the interplay between dispute resolution provisions in drafting interrelated upstream contracts.