Bob Deering was pleased once again to chair the annual Lloyd’s Maritime Academy Ship Arrest Seminar. Bob is an acknowledged authority on arresting ships and attaching other assets. As always, this year’s conference included speakers from many of the most popular arrest jurisdictions. Bob shared his thoughts on the year’s seminal case Res Cogitans and looks forward to returning to chairing the conference once again next year.
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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