Lloyd’s Standard Form of Salvage Agreement 2024…When the damsel is a vessel in distress…3 October 2024
In this article, Natalie Jackson discusses the recent changes to the Lloyds Open Form salvage contract.
Insights
Featured Topics
Undisclosed principals and liability under letters of indemnity23 September 2024
In this article, Mike Phillips and Archit Dhir discuss the law as to undisclosed principals in the context of liability under letters of indemnity, as raised in the recent decision in Yangtze Navigation (Asia) Co Ltd & anor v TPT Shipping Ltd & ors (The “Xing Zhi Hai”) [2024] EWHC 2371 (Comm).
WFW enhances Athens maritime dispute offering with new partner hire2 September 2024
Natalie specialises in maritime law and has an emphasis on dispute resolution.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 20811 June 2024
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider two further decisions arising from the war in Ukraine, a planning issue relating to the ‘Bibby Stockholm’ and the interpretation of a limitation of liability claim.
What’s New In Shipman 202410 June 2024
BIMCO has introduced necessary updates to the “SHIPMAN 2024” ship management agreement following a two-year review process.
I have a bad feeling about this… If you thought EU ETS is complicated, meet FEMREG – Europe’s new low carbon fuels law for shipping8 May 2024
The Fuel EU Maritime Regulation looms large as shipping companies must decide their fuel compliance strategy and submit their monitoring plans before September. Slow steaming will not be enough to make ‘shipping companies’ compliant and below we explain why.
What’s the bill? Salvage of the ever given18 April 2024
We discuss whether salvage terms were ever agreed between parties to refloat the EVER GIVEN, during a catastrophic grounding in the Suez Canal in March 2021, and how this affected the final salvage costs to the owners.
UAE case law update – recent Dubai court of cassation judgment on recovery of legal costs in arbitration5 April 2024
Mostafa Emad and James Lehmann discuss a significant judgment issued by the Dubai Court of Cassation about the recovery of legal costs in arbitration.
Supreme Court guidance on war risk provisions in charterparties6 February 2024
In this article, Mike Phillips and Archit Dhir discuss the recent Supreme Court decision on recovery of piracy ransom payments and its relevance to current issues in the Red Sea.
WFW Athens adds three partners to maritime dispute resolution team1 February 2024
Jamila Khan, Aris Moschopoulos, Dimitris Giomelakis all join WFW’s Athens office.
New UAE Maritime Law – what you need to know20 December 2023
Following the announcement of the UAE’s New Maritime Law, WFW Dubai examines its key developments and discuss what’s changed.
Pitfalls in Relying on Bills of Lading13 November 2023
The article examines the robustness of bills of lading as security in the hands of a bank and the circumstances that may preclude the bank from recovering its losses or claiming against the carrier. It also considers the implications of using electronic bills of lading.