Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Arbitration – Anti-suit injunction – Application to foreign court for security – Whether application would be determinative of dispute – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 37

Charterparty – Shipper also charterer – Bill of lading – Novation of charterparty – Cargo discharged without production of bill of lading – Whether bill of lading governed relationship with shipper after novation – Claim by bank for misdelivery – Causation

Charterparty – Uplift Clause permitting increase in hire rate if agreed amount of additional fuel supplied – Whether Uplift Clause triggered by supply of lesser amount within “abt” margin – Correction of errors – Rectification – Variation

Marine insurance – Mortgagees’ Interest Insurance (MMI) Policy – Vessel detained in Venezuela on suspicion of smuggling oil – Claim under War Risks Policy rejected – Whether MMI insurers were liable – Whether detention excluded from War Risks Policy – Whether vessel was a constructive total loss – Marine Insurance Act 1906, section 60 – Effect on MMI Policy of excluded loss under War Risks Policy