Lloyd's Shipping & Trade Law

Rebecca Taylor discusses the impact that the the 2010 Manila Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) 1978 will have on aspects of maritime training and the shipping industry.

Sale of goods – Demurrage – Time bar

Marine insurance – Towage – Construction of follow leader clause – Breach of warranty – Fraudulent means and devices

In Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50 the UK Supreme Court prescribed the use of ‘business common sense’ when interpreting commercial contracts.