Nick and Bob are celebrating their tenth and eleventh consecutive years in Best Lawyers having made it into the 2019 list for Shipping and Insurance Law respectively. Nick first appeared back in 2009 and Bob in 2008. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review so it’s a great compliment to receive endorsements from other prominent professionals.
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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