SFL ACE 2 CO INC V DCW MANAGEMENT LTD (FORMERLY ALLSEAS GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LTD)

[2024] EWHC 1877 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court, Christopher Hancock KC, 22 July 2024

Contracts – Time charterparty – Guarantee – Guarantee in charterparty – Emails sufficient writing to satisfy the Statute of Frauds requirement for writing – Statute of Frauds 1677, section 4

SFL as owners of the container ship Green Ace and a subsidiary (AGPL) of the defendant (AGML) had negotiated a time charterparty for the vessel.