January 13, 2022

Pushing the boat out? To what extent is it possible to recover damages after a collision?

Some of you may remember the collision between the giant MSC Opera and a small river cruiser, the River Countess, in Venice back in June 2019. For those who missed it, a clip can be found here. It was agreed by all concerned that the River Countess’ claims would be... Read more >

November 6, 2020

Latest from the Admiralty Court

On 5 October 2020, J Teare handed down his last judgement as Admiralty Judge on a collision case, involving what could aptly be described as a three-ship pile up in the Suez Canal (1). Not only does the judgment shed some light on the legal causation approach in case... Read more >

October 30, 2020

Outsourced legal, in house or both?

We have received more enquiries recently about our “retainer” service. We understand that in a Covid world it is becoming more difficult for some clients to find the right in house legal experience. We would of course always recommend that clients operating in the... Read more >

October 12, 2020

The legal effect of “subject to”

​Some say that the annoying thing about the law is that what seems perfectly clear at first glance seldom is once lawyers get hold of it! By way of example, the phrase “subject to” is commonly used in contractual negotiations. The assumption is that the contract... Read more >