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BATAVIA EXIMP & CONTRACTING (S) PTE LTD v PEDREGAL MARITIME SA (THE "TAIKOO BRILLIANCE")

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1

Carriage (bills of lading) – Cargo of timber discharged against letters of indemnity – Alleged misdelivery – Time bar in Hague-Visby Rules – Meaning of “suit” – Deck carriage – Meaning of “which by the contract of carriage is stated as being carried on deck” – Hague-Visby Rules, articles I(c), III rule 6.

DA HUI SHIPPING (PTE) LTD v AN RONG SHIPPING PTE LTD

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 7

Admiralty – Jurisdiction – Actions in rem – Claimant seeking declaration in non-admiralty proceedings that it was subrogated to rights against vessel owner – Vessel judicially sold in separate admiralty proceedings – Claim against sale proceeds – Variation of priority order – Subrogation.

UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LTD v OWNER AND/OR DEMISE CHARTERER OF THE VESSEL "MAERSK KATALIN"

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 18

Contracts (bills of lading) – Misdelivery – Delivery of cargo without presentation of bills of lading – Bank as lawful holder of bill of lading – Letters of indemnity replacing bills of lading in payment terms of letters of credit – Whether bill of lading holder would have consented to delivery – Ratification – Waiver – Damages – Causation – Quantum – Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992, sections 2 and 5.

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

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 55

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.

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

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 65

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.

OCEANUS CAPITAL SARL v LLOYD'S INSURANCE CO SA (THE "VYSSOS")

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 79

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.

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

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 100

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 – Meaning of repossession at a location “convenient to owners” – BARECON 2001, clauses 28 and 29.

MS "V1" GMBH & CO KG AND ANOTHER v SY CO LTD

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 111

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] 1 Lloyd's Rep 125

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] 1 Lloyd's Rep 151

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).

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

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 161

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.

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

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 215

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.

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

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 252

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.

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

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 267

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] 1 Lloyd's Rep 286

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).

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

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 290

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.

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

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 319

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.

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

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 346

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

PLEON LTD v LEONIS YACHTING LTD (THE "MALTESE FALCON")

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 362

Contracts – Contract 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.

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

[2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 368

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

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