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Death by runaway lorry leads to £326k penalty

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • 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

Tribunal considers issues of estoppel where a Singapore court had already concluded that the respondents were not in fact charterers of the subject vessel

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • May 7 2013

Disputes arose under a time charter. Owners commenced arbitration proceedings, contending that the Respondents, a company incorporated in St Vincent

Shipper’s liability for dangerous cargo

  • Blank Rome LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 14 2012

In this day and age, with containers pervasive and new and ever-developing chemicals, compounds, and materials being developed and shipped at a rapid pace, the risk is ever-increasing of significant or even catastrophic loss or damage resulting from the carriage of dangerous goods

Supreme Court decides Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

On May 13, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey (No. 12-52), holding that Section 14501(c)(1) of the Federal

The importance of refund guarantees in shipbuilding contracts

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 24 2009

Refund guarantees are commonly provided in new build vessel transactions

Alstom's claim of ineffectiveness against Eurostar contract is struck out

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 27 2011

On 13 July 2011, the High Court struck out Alstom’s application for a declaration of ineffectiveness against the award of a contract by Eurostar to Siemens

Highways authorities: inspections of roads

  • Kennedys
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  • United Kingdom
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  • 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
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  • 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

“Take it or leave it” and economic duress

  • Stephenson Harwood LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 10 2012

A problem frequently faced in turbulent markets is that of a guilty contracting party threatening to breach, or actually breaching, a contract with an innocent contracting party

Not so fast

  • Bullivant Houser Bailey PC
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  • USA
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  • May 8 2013

The propulsion issue of this magazine is a good place to examine the law pertaining to vessel speed. A vessel's speed may be governed by federal