Hitting the Bull’s Eye26 May 2023
The UK Court of Appeal held that the one-year time bar for claims under the Hague-Visby Rules applies to claims for misdelivery, even if said misdelivery occurred after discharge.
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Shedding light on shades of grey: Time bar applies to misdelivery claims5 October 2022
We review the decision in FIMBank plc v KCH Shipping Co Ltd where the Commercial Court has finally clarified that the Hague-Visby Rules one-year time bar does apply to misdelivery claims after discharge.
Not all is lost – Express terms needed to exclude claims for wasted expenditure8 June 2022
We discuss the recent Court of Appeal decision which confirms that express words are required to exclude claims for wasted expenditure.
A “Short-lived” Bliss for Owners19 November 2021
The Court of Appeal yesterday handed down the judgment in The Eternal Bliss, allowing Charterers’ appeal.
Kabab-Ji SAL (Lebanon) v Kout Food Group (Kuwait): A palatable outcome9 November 2021
In a recent decision by The UK Supreme Court in the case of Kabab-Ji SAL (Lebanon) v Kout Food Group (Kuwait), whereby the question of which law governed the validity and scope of an arbitration agreement arose before any arbitration had taken place was considered. Take a look at the key takeaways in this article.
End of life care: Decommissioning offshore installations22 September 2021
With the high numbers of mature oil fields in the North Sea, ownership increasingly in the hands of “late life specialists” and many offshore assets reaching the end of their useful life, decommissioning issues are no doubt a sign of things to come.
Securing a Security: Implying limits in a guarantee13 April 2021
In this article, we look at an interesting decision from the English Commercial Court concerning the implication of terms into guarantees, which may raise alarm bells for some parties in the maritime sector.
In the nick of time: The effect of delay on anti-suit injunctions24 March 2021
This article examines two recent decisions in which the English High Court considered the impact of significant delays on applications for anti-suit injunctions.
