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Contractual issues in Supply Chains

Run Time
31 Minutes
Learning Method
On-Demand Training
Practice Area
In-House Counsel
Available Until
29/05/2027

Price £130.00

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Rob Francis, Partner, Tom Hanson, Partner and Sarah Rutnah, Counsel at Dentons discuss contractual issues in supply chains. This webinar focuses on: • Force majeure • Relevance to supply chains • Key drafting considerations • Effect of restrictions on claiming force majeure: RTI v MUR Shipping • Implications for supply chains • Limitations and exclusions of liability • Relevance to supply chains • Key drafting considerations • EE v Virgin: A limitation clause with unintended consequences

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Rob Francis

Partner

Dentons

Rob is a partner in the UK Disputes practice in Milton Keynes, focusing on commercial dispute resolution and public inquiries.

He covers a broad range of commercial dispute resolution work, with a particular focus on contractual claims, shareholder and partnership disputes, and claims in relation to fraud.

His practice also covers public inquiry work and he has acted for parties in a number of large public inquiries. This includes several years' work representing a Core Participant in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Rob has also been seconded to a client's in-house legal team to act on its involvement in a public inquiry.

Rob also has experience in acting on redress schemes. He currently acts on several such schemes, including the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme, which arises from the Post Office Horizon IT scandal and overturned convictions of more than 900 postmasters.

Rob focuses on resolving disputes quickly on favorable terms for his clients, whilst ensuring legal costs are minimized. He frequently acts on matters settled using mediation or using other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He is a CEDR-accredited mediator. Rob also has a strong project management focus for large legal matters. He has managed teams in various sectors for more than 20 years.

Rob has obtained successful results for clients in complex, commercial litigation claims. Examples include Davies v. Ford, Monks and Greenbox Recycling Kent Ltd [2020] EWHC 686 (Ch) and Ian Archer v. Nubuke Investments LLP and others [2014] EWHC 3425. Rob also acts on arbitrations and applications for injunctive relief, including freezing injunctions.

Rob is also a solicitor advocate who can act on a dispute all the way up to, and including, trial. He has conducted the advocacy on numerous matters, including on multi-track litigation claims.

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Tom Hanson

Partner

Dentons

Tom is a partner in the UK Disputes practice.

He specializes in disputes with a regulatory angle, acting for public bodies and regulated entities in litigation and contentious regulatory matters. In particular, Tom has experience with public law, competition, consumer protection and financial services litigation (both wholesale and retail). He has acted for clients in proceedings in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, as well as in arbitrations.

Tom has spent time on secondment to the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers and to an international investment bank.
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Sarah Rutnah

Counsel

Dentons

Sarah is counsel in the UK Disputes practice.

Sarah is an experienced litigator whose thriving practice covers all aspects of commercial and corporate litigation. She is technically accomplished and commercially focused. She has particular expertise in contractual disputes, cross-border disputes, commercial fraud and professional negligence claims. She also has wide-ranging experience in both domestic and international arbitrations.

Sarah's clients range from large global companies to high net worth individuals. She is also often instructed to issue or defend commercial injunctions (i.e. freezing orders and search and seizure orders) and is therefore well practiced at working effectively under pressure.
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