Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Saleof goods – Renunciatory breach by seller – Whether buyer accepted breach as terminating contract – Whether buyer's failure to nominate vessel sufficiently unequivocal act – Whether buyer’s failure to nominate relieved seller of obligation to deliver

Charterparty – Owners settling cargo claims – Charterparty incorporating NYPE Inter-Club Agreement – Owners claiming to recover expenditure from charterers as damages – Whether charterers in breach of charter for failing to handle cargo claims in first instance – Whether owners entitled to recover pursuant to implied indemnity in charter – Whether owners entitled to recover pursuant to Inter-Club Agreement

Judicial review – Claim for salvage in respect of wreck – Receiver of Wreck refusing to make salvage award – Whether “salvage operations” cannot be considered finished until everything raised from sea bed – Whether salvage claim time-barred