We are delighted to announce that Bob Deering (for insurance law), David McInnes and Nick Burgess (both for shipping law) have all been selected for inclusion in the 12th edition of The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom, which is a purely peer review guide to the legal profession. We are grateful for the recognition from our peers.
The latest edition has been released publicly and is now available on www.bestlawyers.com.
The Court of Appeal has put an end to MSC’s hopes of limiting their liability for the losses sustained in the 2012 fire on their chartered vessel, MSC Flaminia. For those who don’t know, the MSC Flaminia was en route from Charleston to Antwerp when there was an explosion[...]
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The UN brokered grain corridor through the Black Sea to facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain has been a godsend for countries reliant on grain imports. It has also seen a regular flow of ships plying this route protected by commercially available insurance. The recent de[...]
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The recent report from the Panama Maritime Authority into the infamous grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal in March 2021 makes for interesting reading not least in relation to the role of the SCA and its pilots in the grounding. Those interested in the findings can[...]
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