Lloyd's Shipping & Trade Law

The recent escalation of piracy attacks in the Gulf of Aden and neighbouring seas raises some interesting questions on contractual rights and obligations under charterparties. This article will examine some contractual aspects relating to piracy.

Pratt v Aigaion Insurance Company SA (The ‘Resolute’) [2008] EWCA Civ 1314 (CA) (27 November 2008)

This article examines the practical implications following the latest Singapore Court of Appeal’s decision in The Vasiliy Golovnin [2008] SGCA 39 where the requirements of disclosure of material facts for the purpose of an application for ship arrest in Singapore were discussed.