Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Practice – Anti-suit injunction – Bills of lading incorporating charterparty arbitration clause - Cargo receivers bringing court proceedings in China in breach of arbitration clause – Whether shipowners entitled to anti-suit injunction

General average – Vessel kidnapped and held to ransom by pirates in Gulf of Aden – Shipowners paying ransom for release of vessel – Shipowners seeking to recover ransom payment from bill of lading holders as general average contribution – Charterparty providing for charterers to pay premiums for war risks and kidnap and ransom insurance – Whether relevant charterparty provisions incorporated into bills of lading – Whether shipowners precluded from recovering contribution from bill of lading holders