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1 week ago | gowlingwlg.com | Sharon Ayres |Caroline Williams |Emma Carr |Catherine Naylor

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Act), whose progress we have reported on in earlier articles (see "Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) – what you need to know" and "Latest updates to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act"), has already introduced a series of changes to UK company law, with more to come.

1 month ago | gowlingwlg.com | Daniel Wood

What happens when a claim form is served late—does the claim automatically expire, or must defendants actively challenge service? This "important and novel point of law" was considered by the High Court in a January 2025 decision (recently published).[1] In that ruling, Master Dagnall rejected the contention that late service alone renders a claim "dead" or permanently "in limbo."What are the implications of this decision for both claimants and defendants when facing missed service deadlines?

2 months ago | gowlingwlg.com | Edward G. Betts |Aaron Hunter

How does your construction contract protect you from the adverse impacts of the United States tariffs and Canada’s response to them? President Trump is imposing tariffs on goods exported by Canada to the United States. Canada has responded with tariffs on U.S. goods imported into Canada. As we describe in our previous article, the impacts on the Canadian construction industry and construction projects will be significant both immediately and over the long-term.

Feb 14, 2025 | gowlingwlg.com | Gordon Bell |Todd Burke

The last year has seen some big developments in international arbitration - both for Gowling WLG and in general. In our second annual review of noteworthy international arbitration cases, we present a selection of prominent and interesting decisions from Gowling WLG's key arbitration jurisdictions - Canada, UK, France, Germany and - new for this year UAE.

Feb 13, 2025 | gowlingwlg.com | David Lowe |Emma Carr

At the back end of 2024, The Lawyer, in association with Gowling WLG, conducted an online survey of in-house legal teams as a continuation of its historical In-House Sentiment Survey. The survey results contain both partial and fully complete responses ranging from a base size of to approximately 100 people spread across a range of different industries. In addition to the online survey key themes in the research are explored during a series of telephone interviews with the same audience.