We recommend that all those interested in the panoply of legal issues that have arisen and are still arising in the shipping world as a result of the pandemic read this excellent report prepared by Professor Simon Baughen of Swansea University. Whilst focussing mainly... Read more >
Although there’s light at the end of the tunnel insofar as the pandemic is concerned, we continue to see Covid-related disputes. The latest question from one of our retained clients concerns time lost as a consequence of having unvaccinated crew members on board. A... Read more >
The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd and others [2021] UKSC 1 Hundreds of thousands of businesses in the UK are due to receive payments for business interruption insurance claims relating to COVID-19 after a UK Supreme Court ruling, handed down on... Read more >
On 5 October, the IMO issued a revised version of the Recommended Framework of Protocols originally issued on 5 May 2020, dealing with the safety of ship crew changes and travel during the Covid-19 pandemic. A full version of the updated Framework can be found here.... Read more >
It’s now just over six months since we locked down and moved to home working, so we thought it appropriate to share our views on how this virus has changed the face of shipping from the shipping lawyers’ point of view. Here are our top 5 observations. There’s no fall... Read more >