Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

On 8 July 1995 the plaintiff chartered the vessel Rialto from the first defendant, Rendsburg Investments Corporation, of Liberia (“Rendsburg”) for three years. The third defendant, Mr Yamvrias, signed the charterparty as the director of..

The plaintiff commenced an action in rem under the Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth) against the owners of the vessel Iran Amanat . The claim was for an amount owing for bunker fuel supplied to the owners’ ships, which were sister ships of the vessel..

The plaintiffs appealed against the district court’s judgment for the defendants. The plaintiffs had sought indemnification for their general average contributions made to satisfy the liability of the vessel Bremen Senator for a collision..

The issue in this case was whether an insurance agent should be liable to a former customer for tortious misrepresentation and breach of implied contract. The alleged wrongdoing was a failure to advise the plaintiff as to possible additional..

The vessel Indian Grace loaded a cargo of munitions in Sweden for carriage to India. During the course of the voyage a fire was discovered in one of the holds and the vessel diverted to Cherbourg. The cargo, which consisted mainly of artillery..