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Supreme Court gives permission to appeal in “The Polar”
October 31, 2022

Supreme Court gives permission to appeal in “The Polar”

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... Read more >
Exclusion clauses – the consequences of getting it wrong!
August 1, 2022

Exclusion clauses – the consequences of getting it wrong!

A reminder to all that when the time comes the Courts will read exclusion clauses carefully and seek to give effect to the words used in the context in which they are used. We see many examples of exclusion clauses that are vague and ambiguous. That opens the way to... Read more >
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