June 13, 2023
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May 26, 2023
Unicredit A.G. v Euronav N.V. – Court of Appeal rules on misdelivery claim under bill of lading contract
In a decision capturing the interest of financing banks, shipowners and cargo interests alike, the Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s decision dismissing Unicredit’s claim for damages against Euronav N.V. for delivering cargo to a third party without the... Read more >
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 >
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 >
March 15, 2021