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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Network Rail fined £450,000 following death at level crossing

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 12 2013

Rail infrastructure company Network Rail has been convicted following the death of a woman in 2010. Jane Harding, aged 52, died when the car she was