Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

This case is a modern illustration of the principle in Brandt v. Liverpool Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. [1924] 1 K.B. 575, i.e. where a party presents a bill of lading to the shipowner, pays the freight and takes delivery of..

These were appeals by ship and cargo owners from two taxations of costs in respect of an arbitration award and an arbitration appeal award respectively on claims by Selco Ltd. as contractors under Lloyd’s Standard Form. The following items of..

In November 1972, B. Ltd. sold 1,320 tonnes of U.S. soyabean meal to S. Ltd. for shipment between April and September 1973. The contract was affected by the 1973 U.S. soyabean meal embargo. S. Ltd. brought arbitration proceedings against B. Ltd...

Section 5(3) of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983 provides: (a) A Court may in the exercise of its admiralty jurisdiction order the arrest of any property if    (i)   the person seeking the arrest..

Under the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983, a plaintiff claiming in respect of goods supplied to a ship can bring an Admiralty action in rem against the ship or an “associated ship”, defined in section 3(7) as follows: ..

A shipload of naphtha was at sea in a vessel chartered by a third party. The plaintiff offered to buy the naphtha and resell it to the defendant. The defendant accepted. After the sale and resale, the third party charterer became liable to the..