In a recent arbitration under the LMAA Small Claims Procedure (1) the Tribunal had to determine the validity of a Notice of Readiness (“NOR”) which had been tendered by email. The NOR is one of the most important documents for ship owners because it acts as a trigger... Read more >
We were recently involved in our first early neutral evaluation as evaluator for two Japanese interests involved in a charter dispute. Ironically, the dispute involved Japanese law but we were asked to proceed on the basis that English law would apply. Nick Burgess... Read more >
Every year we handle many arbitrations under the LMAA Small Claims Procedure (“SCP”). Whilst this procedure ticks a lot of boxes for clients, there are also many disadvantages which clients frequently overlook. Let’s start with the positives for clients arbitrating... Read more >
An interesting issue came up recently in connection with a new long-term contract where our related company BDM Commercial was advising one of the parties. Our client wanted to amend the LMAA standard arbitration clause which can be found here. This clause provides... Read more >
The LMAA has very recently issued revised Terms and procedures, which take effect from 1 May 2021 and apply to arbitrations started after this date. The new set of rules comprise the LMAA Terms 2021, the LMAA Intermediate Claims Procedure 2021 and the LMAA Small... Read more >