By James Fitzgibbon The Rights of Nature The Rights of Nature is a legal concept that seeks to extend legal protection to natural and non-human systems and entities. In the face of collapsing biodiversity and rising extinction rates, courts and…

By James Fitzgibbon In this Newsletter/Crash Course, we discuss the role of retention sums in construction contracts and why Head Contractors’ rights to retain the retention sum rarely survives after the contract is terminated. What is a Retention Sum? In…

By Nisha Long & Milan Stancevic What is the CISG? If your business imports construction materials, whether it's tiles, cladding, structural steel or machinery, you may be operating under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of…