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Earlier this week the revised version of the Lloyd’s Standard Form of Salvage Agreement (LOF) and Lloyd’s Salvage Arbitration Clause (LSAC) became available. LOF 2024 follows the provisions of its
A recent decision of the Supreme Court in Sharp Corp Ltd (Respondent) v Viterra BV (previously known as Glencore Agriculture BV) (Appellant) [2024] UKSC 14 addresses the relation between the …
The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive has made it to the finishing level, after a rocky patch back in February. Today the Directive surmounted the final hurdle in its …
A Bahamian decision from the Privy Council yesterday is obviously right, but nevertheless is worth noting and possibly more significant than at first sight it looks. Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) …
A Bahamian decision from the Privy Council yesterday is obviously right, but nevertheless is worth noting and possibly more significant than at first sight it looks. Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) …
The ‘Himalaya Clause’ has evolved from its original version which was vindicated in The Eurymedon where a sub-contractor was able to rely on it to use the carrier’s exceptions and …
Today, 16 May 2024, marks a crucial deadline for the UK Parliament: the final opportunity to object to the UK’s ratification of the Hague Judgments Convention 2019. This moment represents …
The courts in RTI Shipping Ltd v MUR Shipping BV [2024] UKSC 18 faced an unenviable choice: undermine legal certainty, or allow a pretty undeserving plea of force majeure? The …
Southeaster Maritime Ltd v. Trafigura Maritime Logistics Pte Ltd (The MV Aquafreedom)[2024] EWHC 255 (Comm) Negotiating a charterparty is rarely straightforward and during this process, it is natural
There is some practical significance to yesterday’s South African silver salvage case, in which the South African government successfully asserted sovereign immunity against the salvor of a large quan
Introduction Will a claimant, wishing to bring proceedings against an indemnity insurer abroad on the basis of the actions of its insured, be bound by the terms of the underlying …
The UK’s current plan for meeting its climate goals – which itself is a response to a previous legal challenge issued by the same claimants – was ruled unlawful by …
It is a great pleasure to inform you that we shall be hosting our 19th International Colloquium on 11-12 September 2024 at Swansea. This year’s event is devoted to Commercial …
In February we welcomed the decision of the Court of Appeal in Unicredit Bank GmbH v Ruschemalliance LLC [2024] EWCA Civ 64 that it lay within the power of an …
A recent decision by Admiralty Registrar Davison in The Big Kahuna [2024] EWHC 937 (Admlty) 25.4.2024, reiterates the distinction between Limitation Proceedings in one country and the commencement of
Delos Shipholding SA & Ors v. Allianz Global Corporate and Speciality SE & Ors [2024] EWHC 719 (Comm) The insured vessel (Win Win) was detained by the Indonesian authorities inside …
Delos Shipholding SA & Ors v. Allianz Global Corporate and Speciality SE & Ors [2024] EWHC 719 (Comm) The insured vessel (Win Win) was detained by the Indonesian authorities inside …
In Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland (application no. 53600/20) the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday held, by a majority of sixteen votes to one, that there …
In The Ever Given [2024] EWCA Civ 260, the Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of Andrew Bake J that no salvage contract came into being between the shipowners …
A new tort claim involving the effects of climate change, this time from the Southern Hemisphere. In Michael John Smith v Fonterra Co-operative group Lt and others (SC 149/2021) [2024] …
