Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Arbitration – Award – Enforcement – Objection to jurisdiction of arbitrator – Objector not participating in arbitral proceedings – Successful party seeking to enforce award – Objecting party out of time for challenging jurisdiction under section 67 Arbitration Act 1996 – Delay in filing evidence in opposition to enforcement application – Whether extension of time should be granted to enable objector to resist enforcement

Carriage of goods by sea – Package limitation – Plaintiffs’ boiler negligently damaged by stevedore on dockside before being loaded on to carrying vessel – Whether stevedore entitled to limit liability under COGSA – Whether stevedore “agent” of carrier

Contract – Sale of goods cif – Negotiations for sale and purchase of quantity of crude oil mix – Whether binding contract concluded – Whether buyers in repudiatory breach – Whether sellers suffered loss – Whether buyers would have been entitled to reject goods for misdescription

Carriage of goods by sea – Limitation of liability – Seller bringing claim for misdelivery of goods against freight forwarder acting as agent of carrier – Whether claim time-barred – Whether defendant entitled to benefit of Himalaya clause in bill of lading