It was an honour to be nominated by Legal Business for Boutique Law Firm of the Year 2019. Sadly we could not make the prestigious dinner and Awards ceremony but our congratulations go to the winners Northridge Law. Boutiques are increasingly the preferred option for discerning clients and we are very pleased to count some of the world’s major ship owners and insurers as our clients. Many thanks to our team and all those clients who have given us the opportunity to prove ourselves.
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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