Insights

Going dark: legal risks of GPS jamming and AIS spoofing – charterparties

Remi Cruttenden (Associate), Michael Ritter (Partner) and Ruth Allan De Maldonado (Knowledge Counsel), at HFW

In this second instalment on the legal risks of GPS jamming and AIS spoofing, we examine the principal areas where such activity can give rise to disputes between owners and charterers, where decisions taken in response to interference impacts the performance of charterparty obligations.

Published 7 August 26

Going dark: legal risks of GPS jamming and AIS spoofing – collisions and groundings

Remi Cruttenden (Associate), Paul Miller (Senior Manager and Senior Master Mariner) and Ruth Allan De Maldonado (Knowledge Counsel), at HFW

In this first instalment of HFW's series of briefings on the legal risks to shipping from GPS jamming and AIS spoofing, we explain what jamming and spoofing involves, before considering the specific threat to vessels in the context of collisions and groundings.

Published 7 August 26

Invalid notice of readiness and laytime: Commercial Court revisits The Happy Day

Alex Andreou, Senior Associate at HFW

Commercial Court decisions on the impact on the running of laytime of an invalid notice of readiness (NOR) are rare. In Trans Trade RK SA v Sebat Shipping and Trading Co the court has restated the orthodox principles governing the commencement of laytime where a NOR is invalid.

Published 28 July 26

When title stays with the seller but the cargo moves on

Alina Butrim

In today's fast-moving international trade, dispatching cargo early is often unavoidable - but if the seller cannot recover possession or redirect the shipment, retaining title may offer little more than an empty right.

Published 15 July 26