Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Shipping – Admiralty – Collision – Effect of collision– Jurisdiction agreement – Whether offer of reasonable security in lieu of arrest had to be accepted

Charterparty – Jurisdiction – Separate Operational Agreement between charterer and owner’s parent company – Claims by owner for hire and other sums – Whether owner’s claims arose under charterparty or Operational Agreement

Arbitration – Defence submissions – Failure to cooperate

Collision at sea – Collision between speedboat and jet ski – Claim for damages – Contribution and contributory negligence – International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972

Bills of lading – Cargo delivered to buyer without production of bills of lading – Buyer becoming insolvent and defaulting on credit facilities provided by Bank – Bills of lading later acquired by buyer and endorsed to Bank – Whether Bank could claim against carrier under bills of lading for misdelivery – Good faith – Whether bills of lading spent – Whether Bank consented