Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Charterparty – Damages – Disponent owners terminating long-term time charter for charterers’ failure to pay hire – Head owners terminating head charter and withdrawing vessel for failure to pay hire – Whether charterers entitled to avoid paying damages on basis that withdrawal of vessel prevented further performance by disponent owners – Measure of damages

Charterparty – Failure to pay hire punctually – Owners terminating charter – Whether termination lawful – Whether charterers in repudiatory breach – Whether renunciation by charterers – Whether owners waived or affirmed breach

Practice – Evidence – Without prejudice privilege – Whether evidence of negotiations admissible on issue of whether charterers in renunciatory breach of charter – Whether genuine “dispute”