Arresting ships in Algeria

Certain jurisdictions have traditionally been favoured for a ship arrest but as Peter Iglikowski, a partner of Richards Butler Paris and a dual-qualified English and French lawyer, and Mourad Azizi, a consultant of Richards Butler Paris and a dual-qualified Algerian and French lawyer, explains there are other territories to consider

TRADITIONALLY, maritime creditors have been quite conservative in their ways. In the past, the typical London shipping lawyer would often think twice about arresting a vessel outside of his favourite jurisdictions unless he had no other choice – to put it crudely, ‘nab it now or forever hold your peace’.