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Death by runaway lorry leads to £326k penalty

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Nightfreight Distribution (GB) pleaded guilty to breach of sections 2(1) and 3(1) HSWA following an incident in 2010. Russell Homer had left his

Highways authorities: inspections of roads

  • Kennedys
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 8 2013

Court of Appeal upholds finding that highways authority liable for accident involving defective road but subject to 50 per cent contributory

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

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • 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

London arbitration 413 tribunal considers whether owners additional insurance against piracy risks was “necessary”

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 7 2013

The Tribunal considered whether it was "necessary" for Owners to take out additional insurance against piracy risks. The Tribunal adopted an

Lucky Lady: disponent owners granted declaratory relief that they were not a party to certain bill of lading contracts

  • Ince & Co LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 25 2013

The Buyers of a cargo brought claims in Jordan against the Sellers of the cargo and the Disponent Owners of the vessel carrying the cargo. The

The Bulk Chile: Court of Appeal confirms ship-owners’ rights to intercept freight

  • Ince & Co LLP
  • -
  • Chile, United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 25 2013

In our October 2012 Shipping E-brief, we reported on the Commercial Court decision in The Bulk Chile, in which it was held that a ship-owner is

Chada Naree: passing costs liability down a charterparty chain

  • Ince & Co LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • 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

Global Santosh: does a vessel arrested for a claim under a sale contract remain on-hire?

  • Ince & Co LLP
  • -
  • Global, United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 25 2013

Time charterers, Cargill, withheld hire from disponent owners, NYK, pursuant to a period off-hire clause in a time trip charter on amended NYPE terms

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

  • Ince & Co LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • 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

Is payment of hire a condition: a long-standing controversy resolved

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 18 2013

On 18 April 2013, Flaux J handed down his judgment in Kuwait Rocks Co v AMN Bulkcarriers Inc (The Astra). The judgment provides long-awaited