To the Supreme Court, and beyond

Ioannis Alexopoulos, of Bryan Cave, reports on the latest position with the OW Bunkers case, which is now set to head to the UK’s Supreme Court

On 11 February 2016 the UK’s Supreme Court gave permission to Product Shipping & Trading SA to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision of October 2015, thus creating a further opportunity to clarify an area of law which has been troubling the industry for more than 15 months. The Supreme Court is planning to expedite the case and will be hearing it on 22 March 2016.