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Allocation definition

What does Allocation mean? In civil litigation, allocation is the court’s decision, by order, placing a defended claim on the appropriate case management route. In England and Wales, it is governed by the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) Part 26. Using information in the parties’ Directions Questionnaires (formerly allocation questionnaires) and any statements of value, the court typically allocates on the papers to one of four tracks: small claims, fast track, intermediate track, or multi-track. It considers factors such as monetary value, complexity, importance, remedies sought, number of parties, need for experts and expected trial length. The allocation order may include initial...

LOGIC’s IMHH for UKCS and Offshore Renewables: Mutual Hold Harmless Regime—Scope, Exclusions, Waivers, Signatories and Duration (2022–2031)

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Introduction

The Industry Mutual Hold Harmless Scheme (IMHH) was launched in 2002 after a thorough cross-industry Consultation, coordinated by Leading Oil and Gas Industry Competitiveness (LOGIC). Its aim was to bridge the ‘Contractual gap’ between contractors where the LOGIC Standard Conditions of Contract (the “LOGIC Standard Conditions”)—or other agreements using a ‘small family’ indemnity regime (see below)—were applied. The LOGIC Standard Conditions are standard-form contract terms issued by LOGIC, originally created to cover the lifecycle of oil and gas activities, including onshore and offshore services, well services and construction. They are now also employed for offshore renewable energy projects, for example the construction and/or maintenance of offshore wind farms (together with related transmission infrastructure), as well as the construction and maintenance of electricity interconnectors. The IMHH framework is likewise commonly used on offshore projects where newly constructed assets are located near existing infrastructure and the respective owners of those infrastructures enter into Crossing Agreements...

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Isla Stewart

Matheson LLP

Isla is an Associate in the Oil & Gas team. She qualified in 2010 after spending her traineeship with a leading international law firm. Isla then spent three years with the offshore oil and gas industry's leading trade association, Oil & Gas UK, as their in-house lawyer where she gained a strong background in working on complex industry issues across the UKCS. Isla advises both operator and service sector clients on a range of aspects including asset acquisitions and disposals, joint venture matters and service sector contracts. She has also been involved in a number of industry initiatives, most prominently the revision of the LOGIC general terms and conditions, the competing interests of the renewables industry offshore and the development of post-tax security for decommissioning security agreements. Isla has also spent time on secondment to upstream oil and gas companies...

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