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BERGE BULK SHIPPING PTE LTD v TAUMATA PLANTATIONS LTD AND OTHERS

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 1

Jurisdiction – Letters of indemnity – Undisclosed principals – Whether seller of goods liable to disponent owner of vessel under charterparty or letter of indemnity issued in return for delivery of goods without presentation of bill of lading.

DJP AND OTHERS v DJO

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 2

Arbitration – Setting aside award – Breach of the rules of natural justice – President of tribunal copying material from parallel awards – Reasonable suspicion of bias – Reliance on material not put to the parties – Unequal position of arbitrators.

OCEANUS CAPITAL SARL v LLOYD’S INSURANCE CO SA (THE “VYSSOS”)

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 4

Insurance (marine) – Mortgagee’s Interest Insurance – Nature of interest under MII policy – Proximate cause of loss under MII policy – Privity of assured – Fortuity – Marine Insurance Act 1906, sections 14 and 39.

TECNIMONT SPA AND ANOTHER v LLC EUROCHEM NORTH-WEST-2 AND ANOTHER

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 5

Arbitration – Anti-suit peremptory orders made by tribunal – Application for enforcement by court – Jurisdiction of tribunal to make peremptory orders – Discretion of court – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 41 and 42.

SEACREST GROUP LTD v BCPR PTE LTD AND ANOTHER

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 6

Arbitration – Disregard of case – Serious irregularity – Substantial injustice – UNCITRAL Rules, article 38

LLC EUROCHEM NORTH-WEST-2 v TECNIMONT SPA AND ANOTHER

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 7

Arbitration – Anti-suit peremptory orders made by tribunal – Application for enforcement by court – Jurisdiction of tribunal to make peremptory orders – Discretion of court – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 40, 41 41A and 42.

LLC EUROCHEM NORTH-WEST-2 AND ANOTHER v SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE SA AND OTHERS

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 8

Sanctions – Demand bonds – Demand bonds for construction of fertiliser plant in Russia – Construction company withdrawing following sanctions against founder of buyer of plant – Banks refusing to pay under bonds due to sanctions – Assignment of proceeds of bonds from Russian to Swiss entity – Meaning of “owned or controlled” by designated person – Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, article 2 – Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, article 11.

SONGA PRODUCT AND CHEMICAL TANKERS III AS v KAIROS SHIPPING II LLC

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 9

Charterparty (demise) – Repossession of vessel following charterers’ early termination of bareboat charterparty – Location of repossession – Vessel in port in California – Owners requesting redelivery in Croatia – Whether charterers required to sail vessel to owners’ redelivery location – BARECON 2001, clauses 28 and 29.

MS “V1” GMBH & CO KG AND ANOTHER v SY CO LTD

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 10

Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Assignment of Guarantee Contract – Claim by assignee in tort under Chinese law – Guarantee Contract containing exclusions – Whether tribunal had jurisdiction to determine whether exclusions applied to claim – Arbitration Act 1996, section 67.

ORION SHIPPING AND TRADING LLC v GREAT ASIA MARITIME LTD (THE “LILA LISBON”)

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 11

Ship sale – Seller’s default – Seller failing to give notice of readiness – Buyer terminating agreement – Damages – Loss of bargain – Norwegian Saleform 2012, clause 14 – Arbitration Act 1996, section 69.

UNITY SHIP GROUP SA v EUROINS INSURANCE JSC (THE “HAPPY ARAS”)

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 12

General average – Carrier’s duty of seaworthiness – Actionable fault – Due diligence – Passage plan – Incompetence of master – York-Antwerp Rules 1994 – Hague Rules, article III rule 1 and article IV rules 1 and 2(a).

REPUBLIC OF INDIA v CC/DEVAS (MAURITIUS) LTD AND OTHERS

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 13

Arbitration – Preliminary ruling on point of law – Jurisdiction of court – Whether parties consented – Whether there was question of English law – Arbitration Act 1996, section 45.

TYSON INTERNATIONAL CO LTD v GIC RE, INDIA, CORPORATE MEMBER LTD

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 14

Reinsurance – Binding nature of Market Reform Contracts – Effect of subsequent Reinsurance Certificates – Whether disputes subject to English jurisdiction or New York arbitration – Stay of proceedings – Anti-suit injunction – Arbitration Act 1996, section 9 – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 37

MONFORD MANAGEMENT LTD (THE OWNERS OF THE KIVELI) v AFINA NAVIGATION LTD (THE OWNERS OF THE AFINA I)

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 15

Collision – Liability – Vessels on reciprocal course before collision – Head-on situation – Application of head-on rule and crossing rule – Deeming rule in head-on situation – Meaning of “and/or” in COLREGs Rule 14 – International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGs), Rules 2, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 34 and 36.

URE ENERGY LTD v NOTTING HILL GENESIS

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 16

Contract – Affirmation – Contractual right of termination – Claimant unaware of breach but not of right to terminate – Whether subsequent performance amounted to waiver of right of termination.

PLEON LTD v LEONIS YACHTING LTD (THE “MALTESE FALCON”)

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 17

Contracts – Contact terms – Implied terms – Seaworthiness – Sale of yacht – Agreement for use of and access to yacht by seller following sale – Yacht suffering generator breakdown soon after delivery – Breakdown within period covered by “use and access” agreement in favour of seller – Whether risk of unseaworthiness on seller or buyer.

MAERSK GUINÉA-BISSAU SARL AND ANOTHER v ALMAR-HUM BUBACAR BALDÉ SARL

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 18

Jurisdiction – Bills of lading – Shipper commencing proceedings against sub-contractor or agent in load port jurisdiction – Breach of Himalaya clause – Breach of exclusive jurisdiction clause – Identity of carrier – Claim for damages or indemnity for breach of exclusive jurisdiction clause by carrier and sub-contractor or agent – Declaration of non-liability – Booking incomplete – Terms of contract including standard terms – Whether exclusive jurisdiction clause and Himalaya clause onerous or unusual – Res judicata – Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, sections 32 to 34.

CE ENERGY DMCC v BASHAR CE ENERGY DMCC v ULTIMATE OIL & GAS DMCC

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 19

Contracts – Guarantee – Interpretation – Personal guarantee from owner and chair of debtor – Whether demand guarantee or contract of surety – Existence of payment obligation – Meaning of “day certain irrespective of delivery” – Sale of Goods Act 1979, section 49(2).

PARTY A v PARTY B AND ANOTHER

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 20

Arbitration – Application to remove arbitrator and to set aside orders – Application to stay arbitration proceedings pending resolution of applications – Jurisdiction to issue anti-arbitration injunction – Exercise of discretion – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 1, 24, 33 and 68 – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 37(1) – CPR 3.1(2)(g).

PETROLEUM EXPLORATION (PVT) LTD v FRONTIER HOLDINGS LTD AND ANOTHER

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 21

Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Whether tribunal had remedial jurisdiction under Settlement Agreement – Loss of right to appeal – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 67 and 73.

TECNIMONT SPA AND ANOTHER v LLC EUROCHEM NORTH-WEST-2 (RUSSIA)

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 22

Arbitration – Peremptory order – Application to enforce peremptory order and to obtain wider relief – Arbitration Act 1996, section 42 – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 37.

GLUCK v ENDZWEIG AND ANOTHER

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 23

Arbitration – Agreement that award could be amended at any time – Whether there was a valid arbitration agreement – Whether unlimited amendment was repugnant to the arbitration agreement – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 57, 58 and 66.

KINGDOM OF SPAIN v INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LUXEMBOURG SARL AND ANOTHER REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE v BORDER TIMBERS LTD AND ANOTHER

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 24

Arbitration – Sovereign immunity – Arbitration award obtained under ICSID Convention 1965 – Enforcement in England – Whether accession to ICSID was submission to jurisdiction – ICSID Convention, articles 53 to 55 – Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969, articles 31 and 32 – State Immunity Act 1978, sections 1, 2 and 9.

OWNERS OF THE “X-PRESS MAHANADA” v OWNERS OF THE “BURGAN”

[2026] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 25

Admiralty – Collision – Head-on collision in river bend – Narrow channel rule – Lookout – Speed Fault – Apportionment – Collision Regulations Rules 5, 8, 9 and 34.

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