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  • Letters of indemnity and the charterers’ obligation to provide security to release vessel from arrest

    Letters of indemnity and the charterers’ obligation to provide security to release vessel from arrest

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    The case of Trafigura Maritime Logistics v Clearlake Shipping is an illustration of the English Commercial Court’s ability to p…

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  • Does the ‘prevention principle’ apply if parties have made provision for a time extension?

    Does the ‘prevention principle’ apply if parties have made provision for a time extension?

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    In this insight we review a dispute between a shipyard and the buyers under two shipbuilding contracts.

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  • Time bar clauses in charterparties

    Time bar clauses in charterparties

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    Standard form charterparties frequently contain clauses requiring claims to be submitted within an agreed time limit, together …

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  • London arbitration agreement was governed by English law and could be enforced by anti-suit injunction

    London arbitration agreement was governed by English law and could be enforced by anti-suit injunction

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    When an international contract is governed by the law of one country but provides for disputes to be referred to arbitration in…

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  • General average: negligent passage planning can lead to unseaworthiness

    General average: negligent passage planning can lead to unseaworthiness

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    The Court of Appeal upheld the Admiralty Court’s decision in the case of the “CMA CGM Libra”, where they denied the owners’ cla…

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  • Bill of lading: party named as “shipper” was not a party to contract of carriage

    Bill of lading: party named as “shipper” was not a party to contract of carriage

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    The mv “Nortrader” loaded a cargo of a waste product at Plymouth for carriage to the Netherlands for reprocessing. There was an…

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