Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Practice – Interpleader – Sale of goods – Buyer becoming insolvent – Goods in possession of buyer’s freight forwarder – Seller exercising right of stoppage in transitu – Whether freight forwarder entitled to interplead – Whether freight forwarder liable to seller in conversion

Towage - Towcon providing that tow should be provided in light ballast condition - Whether tow in light ballast condition - Whether tugowner entitled to delay payments - Whether tugowner warranted average speed of about 4.5 knots - Whether Towcon repudiated by hirer or by tugowner

Carriage of goods by sea – Consignments of bagged coffee beans in containers carried on LCL/FCL terms – Cargo found to be damaged by condensation – Burden of proof – Inherent vice – Whether damage inevitable – Whether carrier failed properly and carefully to load and carry the goods – Temporal scope of Hague Rules