It is a pleasure to announce that our firm has once again been entered as a leading firm in the Legal 500 rankings for shipping law. Those interested can click here for the write up. Bob Deering, Nick Burgess and the team as a whole receive accolades whilst Gabrielle de Blaquiere, Emmy Ameloot and Angus Edgell are mentioned as key contacts.
In a recent arbitration under the LMAA Small Claims Procedure (1) the Tribunal had to determine the validity of a Notice of Readiness (“NOR”) which had been tendered by email. The NOR is one of the most important documents for ship owners because it acts as a trigger to [...]
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Readers of our blog may recall an article we released back in November 2020 in which we highlighted the risks that a ship owner is required to undertake when accepting a letter of indemnity (LOI) in exchange for releasing the cargo without the production of an original bill [...]
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We previously reported on the High Court and Court of Appeal’s decisions in one of the last Somali ransom cases still in the Court system. The Court of Appeal held that a war risks provision in a charterparty did not constitute an agreement that the owners would not claim [...]
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