Shipping newsletter - Legalseas

Introduction

Welcome to our April edition of Legalseas where we once again review a series of topical issues for the shipping industry.

In this April edition we have five articles which show the breadth of our shipping practice, covering the more unusual (but vitally important) shipping disciplines of taxation and employment law alongside more mainstream maritime matters.

The first article co-written by shipping dispute resolution partner, Philip Roche, and associate, Peter Glover, addresses the legal aspects of the thorny issue of employing armed guards on board vessels. In circumstances where the number of vessels being attacked by pirates is increasing exponentially, ransom payments are rising and there are considerable numbers of high value mega yachts being ordered by persons who are likely to be very keen to avail themselves of additional security arrangements, this is clearly a relevant topic.