‘Collateral’ lies need not spoil insurance claims, rules Supreme Court – BBC News

Posted July 22nd, 2016 in fraud, insurance, news, shipping law, Supreme Court by sally

‘Lying on an insurance claim should not necessarily invalidate it, the Supreme Court has said, in a judgement likely to affect all household policies.’

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BBC News, 20th July 2016

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Shipping fuel supply agreement was at no time ‘sale of goods’, Supreme Court confirms – OUT-LAW.com

Posted May 13th, 2016 in contracts, insolvency, news, shipping law by tracey

‘The supply of “bunkers” of marine fuel on credit for immediate use was not governed by the 1979 Sale of Goods Act, leaving the shipping company in debt to the bank which has taken over the liabilities of the insolvent bunker supplier, the UK’s highest court has confirmed.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 12th May 2016

Source: www.out-law.com

Appeal court: profits from sale of ship should be treated as mitigation of loss from breach of contract – OUT-LAW.com

Posted January 8th, 2016 in causation, charterparties, contracts, economic loss, news, shipping law by tracey

‘A High Court judge “overcomplicated matters” by attempting to develop a set of principles governing whether the innocent party to a breach of contract should have its award of damages reduced to reflect a benefit it obtained from that breach of contract, an expert has said.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 8th January 2016

Source: www.out-law.com

Feest v South West Strategic Health Authority (Bay Island Voyages, third party) – WLR Daily

Feest v South West Strategic Health Authority (Bay Island Voyages, third party):[2015] EWCA Civ 708; [2015] WLR (D) 306

‘The time bar prescribed by article 16 of the Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, scheduled to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979, for the bringing of claims against a carrier did not apply to claims against a carrier for contribution in respect of the liability of others to the passenger.’

WLR Daily, 15th July 2015

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Migrants and Maritime Law – BBC Law in Action

Posted June 3rd, 2015 in immigration, news, shipping law by sally

‘What does the law say about commercial ship captains’ duty to help those they find in distress at sea? Captain Andy Lewington explains how he, and his 18 man crew, took aboad more than 400 migrants in the seas north of Tripoli earlier this year. And Stephen Fietta a lawyer at Volterra Fietta, explains the legal position.’

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BBC Law in Action, 2nd June 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Caresse Navigation Ltd v Office National de l’Electricité and others – WLR Daily

Posted October 28th, 2014 in appeals, bills, charterparties, contracts, law reports, shipping law by sally

Caresse Navigation Ltd v Office National de l’Electricité and others [2014] EWCA Civ 1366; [2014] WLR (D) 444

‘The rules which applied to the construction of contracts generally were applicable to the construction of a bill of lading and required the words of the bill to be looked at as a whole in their context. Applying that approach, a clause in the printed conditions of carriage in a bill of lading which expressly incorporated “all terms and conditions, liberties and exceptions of the charterparty … including the law and arbitration clause” had the effect of incorporating into the bill an English law and exclusive jurisdiction clause in the charterparty.’

WLR Daily, 21st October 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Standard Chartered Bank v Dorchester LNG (2) Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted October 28th, 2014 in banking, bills, carriage of goods, contracts, documents, law reports, shipping law by sally

Standard Chartered Bank v Dorchester LNG (2) Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 1382; [2014] WLR (D) 440

‘The expression “completion, by delivery of the bill, of any indorsement of the bill” in section 5(2)(b) of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992 meant that completion of an indorsement by delivery required the voluntary and unconditional transfer of possession by the holder to the indorsee and an unconditional acceptance by the indorsee.’

WLR Daily, 22nd October 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Kairos Shipping Ltd and another v Enka & Co LLC and others – WLR Daily

Kairos Shipping Ltd and another v Enka & Co LLC and others: [2014] EWCA Civ 217;   [2014] WLR (D)  113

‘It is in principle possible to constitute a limitation fund under the International Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, scheduled to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, by means of a guarantee in the form of a letter of undertaking provided by a protection and indemnity club.’

WLR Daily, 6th March 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Minerva Navigation Inc v Oceana Shipping AG; Oceana Shipping AG v Transatlantica Commodities SA – WLR Daily

Posted October 28th, 2013 in appeals, charterparties, law reports, shipping law by sally

Minerva Navigation Inc v Oceana Shipping AG; Oceana Shipping AG v Transatlantica Commodities SA [2013] EWCA Civ 1723; [2013] WLR (D) 406

“The off-hire clause in clause 15 of the New York Produce Exchange 1946 (‘NYPE’) form of time charterparty was concerned with the service immediately required of the vessel, and not with ‘the chartered service’ as a whole or the entire maritime adventure or adventures which might be undertaken in the course of the chartered service. The clause concentrated on the period during which full working of the vessel was prevented or stopped.”

WLR Daily, 23rd October 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Metall Market OOO v Vitorio Shipping Co Ltd (The Lehmann Timber) – WLR Daily

Posted June 13th, 2013 in appeals, law reports, shipping law by sally

Metall Market OOO v Vitorio Shipping Co Ltd (The Lehmann Timber) [2013] EWCA Civ 650; [2013] WLR (D) 221

A shipowner was entitled (1) to refuse to deliver up cargo covered by a bill of lading to the consignee under that bill, in exercise of its lien for general average contribution for that cargo, notwithstanding receipt of an unlimited guarantee from the insurers of the cargo undertaking in consideration of delivery to pay any general average contribution due in respect of the cargo; and (2) to recover storage and other expenses incurred by it in exercising its lien after the cargo was discharged from the vessel.

WLR Daily, 7th June 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Marine Navigation Act 2013 – legislation.gov.uk

Posted April 26th, 2013 in legislation, shipping law by tracey

Full text of Act

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Margaret Thatcher and the Constitution – UK Human Rights Blog

“The consequences of Margaret Thatcher’s administration have been long lasting. In many areas of national life Thatcher took the British Bulldog by the scruff of the neck and house-trained it. In the context of the constitution her impact was no less significant.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 10th April 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011 – legislation.gov.uk

Posted July 14th, 2011 in international law, legislation, shipping law, ships, wrecks by tracey

Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011 published

Full text of Act

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Global Process Systems Inc and another v Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad – WLR Daily

Posted February 3rd, 2011 in insurance, law reports, shipping law by sally
“A provision in a marine cargo insurance policy excluding loss resulting from any inherent inability of the goods to withstand a voyage applied only where the goods had deteriorated, not because they had been subjected to some external fortuitous accident or casualty, but because of their natural behaviour in the ordinary course of the voyage.”
WLR Daily, 2nd February 2011
 
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Masefield AG v Amlin Corporate Member Ltd (The Bunga Melati Dua) – WLR Daily

Posted January 28th, 2011 in insurance, law reports, piracy, shipping law by sally

Masefield AG v Amlin Corporate Member Ltd (The Bunga Melati Dua) [2011] EWCA Civ 24; [2011] WLR (D) 23

“A cargo seized by pirates and subsequently recovered after being ransomed by the shipowner was not ‘irretrievably lost’ within the terms of section 57(1) of the Marine Insurance Act 1906, even though some might regard the payment of a ransom as morally objectionable and it was something the owner was not required to do.”

WLR Daily, 27th January 2011

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Omak Maritime Ltd v Mamola Challenger Shipping Co Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted August 10th, 2010 in charterparties, damages, expenses, law reports, shipping law, tribunals by sally

Omak Maritime Ltd v Mamola Challenger Shipping Co Ltd [2010] EWHC 2026 (Comm); [2010] WLR (D) 230

“An arbitral tribunal in assessing damages for breach of contract had been wrong to treat a claim for wasted expenses and a claim for loss of profits as two separate and independent claims which could not be ‘mixed’. Both claims were governed by the principle which required the court to make a comparison between the claimant’s current position and what it would have been had the contract been performed. Where steps had been taken to mitigate the loss which would otherwise have been caused by a breach of contract that principle required the benefits obtained by mitigation to be set against the loss which would otherwise have been sustained.”

WLR Daily, 6th August 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Farstad Supply AS v Enviroco Ltd – WLR Daily

Farstad Supply AS v Enviroco Ltd [2010] UKSC 18; [2010] WLR (D) 113

“A requirement in a charterparty for the owner to indemnify the charterer against claims resulting from loss or damage in relation to the vessel was not limited to a requirement for the owner to reimburse claims against the charterer by third parties but precluded the owner from recovering damages from the charterer in respect of the charterer’s own negligence. It followed that where it was alleged that the charterer and a third party had jointly caused damage to the vessel whilst it was berthed in Scotland and, because of the indemnity agreement, the owner sued only the third party in the Scots courts, the third party would not be able to claim a contribution under s 3(2) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940 from the charterer as a ‘person who, if sued, might also have been held liable’.”

WLR Daily, 6th May 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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‘Lord’ wins right to shipwrecks – at a price – The Times

Posted June 16th, 2008 in news, shipping law, wrecks by sally

“A businessman who bought two lordships for himself at auction has won the right to a half share of any wreck that washes up on a long stretch of the Pembrokeshire coastline. ”

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The Times, 14th June 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

International Transport Workers’ Federation and Another v Viking Line ABP and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted December 14th, 2007 in EC law, freedom of establishment, industrial action, law reports, shipping law by sally

International Transport Workers’ Federation and Another v Viking Line ABP and Another

Court of Justice of the European Communities

“The protection of workers could justify industrial action causing a restriction on freedom of establishment of a shipowner proposing to reflag the vessel for economic reasons.”

The Times, 14th December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.

Ferry captain cleared over yacht deaths – The Times

Posted December 14th, 2007 in homicide, news, shipping law by sally

“The mystery of what happened to a yacht that sank off the Isle of Wight with the loss of its three crew members may never be solved after a ferry officer was cleared yesterday of causing their deaths.”

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The Guardian, 14th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk