Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The House of Lords has impliedly criticised the English commercial Bar and the lower courts for failing to comply with the spirit of the Arbitration Act 1979 and The Nema guidelines. Basically, there are still too many appeals from arbitration..

This was apparently the first case to decide the question whether arbitrators have power or jurisdiction to order the concurrent hearing of two arbitrations without the consent of the parties to those arbitrations. The plaintiffs were the owners of..

In 1976 a vessel was re-delivered to her owners by charterers. Some fifteen months later, in June 1977, the owners notified the charterers of a claim for stevedore damage. In October 1977 the charterers, having investigated the matter so far as they..

In July 1978 Pakistan Edible Oils Corpn. (PEOC) agreed to buy palm oil from Socoil Corpn. “C & F free out Karachi”. Socoil shipped the oil on board the vessel Argen Puma at Port Kelang. The defendants (Two Arrows) were the owners of..

The vessel Popi M was 28 years old when she suddenly sank in the Mediterranean in near perfect weather conditions with no other vessel in sight. The shell plating in way of the engine room suddenly opened up allowing a jet of sea water to enter...

The vessel Gulf Venture was owned by Gulf Maritime (Cyprus) Ltd., a company incorporated in Cyprus. She was operated on behalf of her owners by managers and agents. A company called Gulf Lines Ltd., incorporated in Liberia, contracted with..