Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Practice – Worldwide freezing injunctions and disclosure orders granted in support of foreign substantive proceedings – Whether orders should be continued

Contract – Port operator agreeing to discharge damaged containers against letter of undertaking – Whether port operator entitled to charge uplift on basic tariff – Whether determination of charges only challengeable on basis of “Wednesbury” unreasonableness – Whether claimant required to provide detailed vouching of expenditure

Arbitration – Award – String of charters including internal charter between companies in same group – Disponent owners bringing separate sets of arbitrations against charterers for breach of safe port warranty – No arbitration brought under internal charter – Whether successful disponent owners entitled to recover costs of head arbitration notwithstanding absence of arbitration under internal charter

Charterparty – Suspension of vessel for non-payment of hire – Whether owners required to give notice of intention to exercise right to suspend – Supplytime 1989 form