Maritime & Commercial

By Adam Rolland, Average Adjuster, Independent Average Adjusters Ltd, Bjørn Slaatten, Average Adjuster, Norway and Petros Tasios, Senior Claims Executive, Seascope (Hellas) SA

This study explores the critical differences between these two major marine insurance frameworks, highlighting how variations in clause wordings affect claims handling and average adjusting.

Key highlights:

• The Nordic Plan’s collaborative structure between shipowners and insurers, promoting clarity and reducing disputes.
• How the American Institute Hull Clauses are adapted in practice, with bespoke clauses to address specific vessel and trade needs.
• Insightful perspectives on claims-handling experiences across both sets of clauses, with a view to enhancing market cooperation and risk transfer strategies.

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Offering detailed and expert analysis of the provisions of the Beijing Convention, this new book identifies potential issues and offers a critical analysis of the role of the Convention in the face of growing digitalisation and specialist platforms for the sale and purchase of ships.

Featuring contributions from experts in the field: Ann Fenech, D. Rhidian Thomas, George Theocharidis, Paul Myburgh, Martin Davies and Abhinayan Basu Bal.

Now in its fifth edition, this hallmark text provides a comprehensive, article-by-article guide to the workings of the CMR Convention, as incorporated into English Law by the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965.

Fully revised throughout, the book offers a complete update of relevant English cases, including the latest Supreme Court decision on the subject, and draws in major developments in the interpretation of the Convention in the case law of other Contracting States.

This new edition incorporates two key developments: firstly, it reviews the operation of the current law following the UK’s ratification of the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) 2008; and secondly, it addresses the changes consequent on Brexit which affect aspects of the general legal context and whose relationship with the rules of CMR require re-examination, principally in respect of the law governing issues of choice of law, jurisdiction and enforcement of court judgments. 

Maritime Risk International has been providing independent, expert opinions from leading industry practitioners, organisations and P&I Clubs since 1987. Our authors in key jurisdictions deliver global coverage of the important risk issues facing the maritime industry, so you can spot trends and developments that will affect businesses around the world.

The latest issue of Maritime Risk International is available here.

LMCLQ Part 1 includes commentary on decisions in the: UK Supreme Court RTI v MUR and UniCredit v RusChemAlliance; Court of Appeal King Crude v Ridgebury and One Saving v Waller-Edwards; High Court COPA v Wright and The Lila Lisbon; Indian Supreme Court Bharat Sher Singh Kalsia v State of Bihar and Singapore Court of Appeal Credit Suisse v Ivanishvili; along with commentary on the Limitation Convention. Articles include: security and crypto-assets; oral agreements; digital assets and lex situs; and arbitrators' impartiality. Unjust enrichment includes: the doctrine of discoverability; bribery and secret commissions; and Asia Pacific; along with a book review.

Click here to access Part 1.

LMCLQ is a quarterly journal published in February, May, August and November with an annual bound volume, additionally the Yearbook is published in August.

New London Arbitration content is now available in Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter, with thanks to the LMAA. 

The latest award summary features in issue 1179 of LMLN, (2025) 1179 LMLN 2, London Arbitration 5/25. 

Contract for construction of a luxury yacht – Joint venture  – Whether the yard repudiated the contract – Whether loans by the buyer to the yard formed part of the purchase price – Whether the yard’s inability to arrange self-supporting finance was a force majeure event entitling the buyer to delay payment of instalments – Whether the buyer was entitled to transfer of title – Whether the yard was entitled to terminate for the buyer’s default.

Read the latest issue of LMLN here.

The latest Lloyd’s Shipping & Trade Law includes the articles “A uniform law for identity management and trust services” and “The challenges of green finance”, alongside three case commentaries.

The whole issue is now available to view here.

Lloyd’s List Intelligence is the only publisher of the English language edition of Chinese Maritime and Commercial Law Reports. We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 1 2025 on i-law.com.