Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Ship sale - Contract for use and access of yacht to seller after sale to purchaser - Yacht suffering engine breakdown soon after delivery - Breakdown within use and access period - Whether risk of unseaworthiness on seller or buyer

Time charter - Hull fouling - Speed and performance claim - Whether the decision in The Divinegate relevant - Whether the charterers were entitled to a deduction from hire, notwithstanding that the "good weather" period was insufficient for the purposes of engaging the performance warranty

Voyage charter - Despatch - Laytime calculations - Use of ship's cranes restricted by master to three out of four for simultaneous working due to overheating - Whether the vessel was to be treated as a four-hook ship as warranted or a three-hook ship as operated - Whether laytime to be calculated on the actual working capacity (three hooks) Procedure - LMAA Small Claims Procedure - Respondent not participating