March 5, 2021

An arbitration agreement: do you have one?

Black Sea Commodities Ltd v Lemarc Agromond Pte Ltd [2021] EWHC 287 (Comm) This case involved an appeal of an arbitration award under Section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996, concerning whether an Arbitration Tribunal had jurisdiction to decide that there was a binding... Read more >

February 25, 2021

LMAA arbitrations continue to hold firm

The London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) has recently published its statistics for 2020. These figures show steady growth in London-seated arbitration under the LMAA Terms, which remain as popular as ever for the resolution of disputes in the maritime and... Read more >

January 19, 2021

MV “Bulk Poland”: court continues anti-suit injunction in favour of London arbitration agreement incorporated into bill of lading

Grace Ocean v COFCO Global Harvest, MV “Bulk Poland” [2020] EWHC 3343 (Comm) As with our recent blog article, this case involves the incorporation of charterparty clauses into bills of lading. This judgment gives a helpful textbook summary of the requirements for... Read more >

December 3, 2020

Insolvent consignees and stoppage in transit

We have recently been involved in two cases caused by the insolvency of Debenhams and Arcadia and we expect to see more cases due to the precarious state of the retail market. In this context, we wanted to remind our container operator clients that they are at risk if... Read more >

December 1, 2020

Arbitrators Warned of Their Duty to Disclose Multiple Appointments Involving Common Parties

The Supreme Court’s judgment in Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd [2020] UKSC 48 confirms the existence of a legal duty on arbitrators to disclose their appointment in related arbitrations involving a common party. The underlying case between... Read more >