Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Bills of lading - Cargo delivered by shipowner without production of bills of lading - Letter of indemnity - Whether shipowner obliged to deliver without bills of lading - Whether claimant had acquired rights under bills of lading - Causation - Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992, sections 2 and 5

Carriage of goods - Cargo damaged by negligence of shipowner - Seller giving credit note to buyer - Whether amount of credit note to be deducted from damages awarded against shipowner - Collateral benefits - Res inter alios acta

Charterparty - Arbitration - Dispute as to whether cargo could be released to charterers under US sanctions - Order for sale of cargo - Whether proceeds should be paid into court - Risk of prosecution by US authorities - Arbitration Act 1996, section 44

Charterparty - Amended NYPE form - Application for partial final award in respect of hire and bunkers - Whether counterclaims for discharging cargo without charterers' consent and for issuing bills of lading without authorisation should be taken into account - Procedure - Peremptory orders