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Letters of indemnity and the charterers’ obligation to provide security to release vessel from arrest
The case of Trafigura Maritime Logistics v Clearlake Shipping is an illustration of the English Commercial Court’s ability to provide prompt action in urgent cases.
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Does the ‘prevention principle’ apply if parties have made provision for a time extension?
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
Standard form charterparties frequently contain clauses requiring claims to be submitted within an agreed time limit, together with supporting documents. In three c…
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London arbitration agreement was governed by English law and could be enforced by anti-suit injunction
When an international contract is governed by the law of one country but provides for disputes to be referred to arbitration in another, this can lead to difficult …
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General average: negligent passage planning can lead to unseaworthiness
The Court of Appeal upheld the Admiralty Court’s decision in the case of the “CMA CGM Libra”, where they denied the owners’ claim for general average contributions …
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Bill of lading: party named as “shipper” was not a party to contract of carriage
The mv “Nortrader” loaded a cargo of a waste product at Plymouth for carriage to the Netherlands for reprocessing. There was an explosion on board, causing damage t…