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Motor Finance Redress: The Way Ahead
On August 1, 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered its long-awaited judgment in Hopcraft v Close Brothers Limited and on 3 August the FCA announced it would consult on a redress scheme.
Top 10 Powerhouse Insurance Lawyers Shaping South Africa’s Insurance Legal Scene in 2023
South Africa | Publication | December 2023
Business Today recently spotlighted ten insurance lawyers in South Africa who have made their mark in the insurance legal field.
Donald Dinnie from our Insurance Litigation team received special recognition for his skills in handling litigation for insurance companies.
Congratulations to Donald, who together with our Insurance Litigation team, keep on shaping the future of the insurance legal field in South Africa.
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Germany delivers landmark copyright ruling against OpenAI: What it means for AI and IP
The Regional Court of Munich (LG München I) has issued a landmark judgment in GEMA v OpenAI (Case No. 42 O 14139/24), holding that the use of copyrighted song lyrics for training generative AI models without a licence violates German copyright law.
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Clarifying charterers’ redelivery obligations under BARECON 2001: Songa Product and Chemical Tankers III AS v Kairos Shipping II LLC
Songa Product and Chemical Tankers III AS v Kairos Shipping II LLC [2025] EWCA Civ 1227 (07 October 2025) has clarified the extent of the obligation on the Charterer to redeliver a vessel following the termination of a Barecon 2001 charter and of the Owner’s right to require it to be redelivered to a port “convenient to them”.
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