Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the owners’ appeal from the decision of Neill J. (see [1981] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 74). The Court of Appeal’s judgment is of considerable interest in the light of its obiter discussion of the meaning of..

Mr. Godwin was the master of the vessel Ignition . He wished to navigate the vessel from Fosdyke along the River Welland to the sea. The river was in a compulsory pilotage area, and before taking his vessel to sea Mr. Godwin requested the attendance..

The charterers of the vessel Kehrea applied to restrain the further conduct of an arbitration brought by the vessel’s owners on the ground that excessive delay in the conduct of the arbitration had brought the arbitration agreement to an end...

The time charterers of the vessel Messianiaki Bergen sought an order under section 10 of the Arbitration Act 1950 for the appointment of an arbitrator. The charterparty was on the Selltime 3 form, clause 40 of which provided: - (a) This charter..

This is another case where the interpretation of section 3(4) of the Administration of Justice Act 1956 (applicable in Hong Kong) was under consideration. The relevant subsection provided: - (4) In the case of any such claim as is mentioned in..

The vessel was chartered on the Gencon form. She loaded a cargo of logs and lumber at Sinoe, West Africa, and sailed to her three ports of discharge, namely Leixoes, Santander and Amsterdam in that rotation. All the allowed laytime was used at..

The question before the Bangladesh Supreme Court was what was the value of the amount of £100 per package or unit as envisaged by Article IV, rule 5, of the Hague Rules as adopted in the English Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1924 (currently in..