Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Sale and purchase of vessel – Saleform 2012 – Tendering notice of readiness without letter of non-encumbrance – Term or condition

Admiralty practice – Arrest of vessel by mortgagee – Shipowner applying for order releasing vessel from arrest unless mortgagee provided cross-undertaking in damages – Whether cross-undertaking should be imposed as condition of release

Admiralty practice – Abortive sale of arrested vessel – Vessel subsequently sold – Whether deposit forfeited on abortive sale to be treated as part of proceeds of sale

Practice – Limitation of time – Death of passenger on chartered vessel – Widow bringing action in negligence against charterers on behalf of dependant minor son – Whether claim time-barred – Athens Convention 1974, article 16(3) – Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973, section 18