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Tribunal considers broker’s authority to fix vessel on behalf of owners

Reed Smith LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 7 2013

The Tribunal was required to decide whether the parties to the arbitration had in fact concluded a fixture. At the time they were both interested in

Chada Naree: passing costs liability down a charterparty chain

Ince & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 25 2013

The judgment in this case deals with the recoverability of the costs of an arbitration as damages in a series of arbitration references

Pacific Champ: lack of consensus prevents both charterparty and arbitration agreement coming into existence

Ince & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 25 2013

The Commercial Court has set aside a maritime arbitration award on the basis that there was no consensus between the parties regarding the fixture of

English High Court upholds two challenges to jurisdiction

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 22 2013

The English High Court has recently set aside two arbitration awards under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (1996 Act) on the grounds of lack

Warranty to insure creates an assumption of risk and responsibility

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 15 2013

In Bunga S.A. v. Kyla Shipping Company Limited 2012 EWHC 3522 (Comm), the Commercial Court considered whether an arbitrator had made an error of

Transport Sector Update: Shipping - Arbitration agreement has no effect before the Brussels Regulation?

Eversheds LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 14 2012

It is not uncommon for parties to a charterparty (or other carriage of goods or transport contract) to agree to a law and jurisdiction clause, or an arbitration clause, such as one providing for reference of disputes to London arbitration, with English law to apply

Lawful acts can amount to economic duress, rendering a contract voidable

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 12 2012

The lawful conduct was hard bargaining (generally OK in a commercial setting) but it amounted to economic duress in Progress Bulk Carriers Ltd v Tube City IMS LLC, 2012 EWHC 273 (Comm

West Tankers: the latest twist in the saga

Hogan Lovells
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European Union, United Kingdom
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April 26 2012

The Court of Appeal's recent decision in West Tankers Inc v Allianz SPA & Generali Assicurazione Generali SPA is the latest in a long line of cases involving the same parties that have been heard both by the English courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union

“West Tankers” saga continues: court rejects tribunal’s finding that it did not have jurisdiction to award damages for breach of an obligation to arbitrate

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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April 18 2012

In the most recent of a long running series of decisions arising from a collision between the Appellant’s vessel, the “Front Comor”, and a Sicilian pier owned by the vessel’s charterers, the English court has found that the majority of the tribunal was wrong to decline jurisdiction over a claim for equitable damages for breach of an arbitration clause

Law and morality: unwinding contracts for lawful but unethical conduct

RPC
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United Kingdom
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April 17 2012

A recent case shows how - even in the cut and thrust of commercial dealings - lawful but illegitimate conduct may in certain circumstances render an underlying agreement voidable

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Tribunal considers broker’s authority to fix vessel on behalf of owners

Chada Naree: passing costs liability down a charterparty chain

Pacific Champ: lack of consensus prevents both charterparty and arbitration agreement coming into existence

English High Court upholds two challenges to jurisdiction

Warranty to insure creates an assumption of risk and responsibility

Transport Sector Update: Shipping - Arbitration agreement has no effect before the Brussels Regulation?

Lawful acts can amount to economic duress, rendering a contract voidable

West Tankers: the latest twist in the saga

“West Tankers” saga continues: court rejects tribunal’s finding that it did not have jurisdiction to award damages for breach of an obligation to arbitrate

Law and morality: unwinding contracts for lawful but unethical conduct

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