Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Sale of goods (CFR) – Demurrage – Whether laytime suspended when carrying vessel forced to leave berth during discharge – Whether sellers entitled to damages for loss of earnings – Whether sellers liable for short-delivery of goods

Charterparty – Ship-to-ship transfer – BPVOY4 form - Whether charterparty precluded transfer from VLCC to VLCC – Whether owners unreasonably withheld consent to transfer to VLCC

Charterparty - Frustration - Vessel damaged in course of time-chartered service - Cost ofrepairs exceeding sound market value of vessel - Charter requiring owners toinsure vessel - Insured value exceeding cost of repairs - Whether charterfrustrated

Practice – Disclosure of documents – Whether plaintiff should produce documents referred to in pleading