Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Arbitration - Provision of security - Interim relief - Construction of indemnity - Whether seller required to provide security where vessel arrested after sale - Balance of convenience

Sale of goods - BP Oil International Ltd General Terms and Conditions for Sales and Purchases of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products - Whether delivery dates varied - Whether nomination of vessel validly rejected - Estoppel by convention

Voyage charterparty - Laytime and demurrage - Effect of failure to serve valid notice of readiness - Arbitration - Error of law - Arbitration Act 1996, sections 57 and 69

Admiralty - Limitation of liability - Limitation of liability for wreck removal claims - Reservation against limitation of claims for the removal of wreck - Two tugs becoming wreck as a result of allision - Removal of wrecks by port authority - Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, articles 2(1)(a) and (d) - Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Act 1989 (Cth)