Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The plaintiff bank applied for summary judgment against the guarantors under three loan agreements. The defendants alleged that they had cross-claims against the bank for damages in negligence in carrying out its duties as mortgagee. The defendants..

The vessel Trade Fortitude was voyage-chartered under a charterparty dated 1974 containing the Centrocon arbitration clause. Disputes arose in connection with demurrage and an arbitration was commenced in January 1976. The Arbitration Act 1950 was..

Shipowners claimed demurrage against charterers. The arbitrator awarded demurrage for 153 days 4 hours 18 minutes. He held that a total of 4 days 15 hours 13 minutes was not to count against laytime. The charterers argued that the arbitrator had..

A cargo of electronic calculators was carried in a vessel owned by Mitsui from Japan to Montreal. The owners of the goods were Miida. The goods arrived in Montreal and were picked up by ITO, a cargo handling or stevedoring company and terminal..

The Court of Appeal has made it clear that a defendant seeking to set aside a judgment obtained in default of giving notice of intention to defend under Order 13 of the Rules of the Supreme Court has a higher burden than a defendant seeking leave to..