The case of Lloyds Developments Limited (in administration) v Accor Hotel Services UK Limited and Ors [2026] EWHC 1522 (TCC) concerned an application to compel two former directors to provide access to their mobile phones for the purpose of carrying out a disclosure exercise. The Court’s decision is a useful reminder that where company business has been conducted through personal devices, the use of those devices will not, without more, prevent inspection.
Read MoreIn this short blog, we set out some observations from PS 23 Interior Pte. Ltd. v Andrew Tan Tong Sin [2026] SGMC 71 (the “Judgment”).
Read MoreFrustration frustrated? The English High Court in Into Nominee One Ltd v Study Group UK Ltd [2026] EWHC 1201 (TCC) considers the limits of frustration in the context of a lease agreement, where the premise was fraught with life-threatening defects.
Read MoreIn Belong (Construction) Ltd v Seddon Construction Ltd [2026] EWHC 1275 (TCC), the TCC held that a later JCT contract did not extinguish liability for earlier breaches under a PCSA, despite wording that those rights and liabilities would be “subsumed into and be subject to” the later contract (Judgment [8], [11], [16], [36]–[47]).
Read MoreOne of the issues that was addressed in the Singapore Court of Appeal’s decision of Oni Global Pte Ltd & Anor v GNC Holdings, LLC [2026] SGCA(I) 3 was whether the spoliation of evidence in an arbitration would render the arbitral award in conflict with the public policy of Singapore such that the award should be set aside.
Read MoreA Look at Various Challenges at the Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Stage: The decision in Medipas LLC and Ors v Erdenet Mining Corp SOE [2026] SGHC 97 reaffirms the Singapore Court’s pro-enforcement approach.
Read MoreThe Singapore High Court recently addressed the scope of adjudication review under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004, as well as some other issues, in Zhao Yang Geotechnic Pte Ltd v China Communications Construction Company Ltd (Singapore Branch) [2026] SGHC 82.
Read MoreFinality and the limits of challenge in expert determination: the English Court of Appeal in WH Holdings v London Stadium [2026] EWCA Civ 53 reaffirms the high threshold for challenging expert determination on ground of “manifest error”
Read MoreThis short blog addresses some takeaways on variation works from Uniform Building Contractors Ltd v The Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago [2026] UKPC 2.
Read MoreDoes failure to comply with mandatory pre-arbitral steps engage an arbitral tribunal’s jurisdiction or admissibililty? The Singapore High Court in DRO v DRP [2025] SGHC 255 settles the debate.
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