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On 2 February 2018 the Commercial Court allowed an appeal from a decision of the Arbitration Tribunal in Lukoil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd v Ocean Tankers Pte Ltd.

The spate of litigation worldwide following the collapse of OW Bunker ("OW") has continued to progress in recent weeks as ship owners look to protect themselves from the risk of double payment...

The last year has been an eventful one, with continued economic and geopolitical uncertainty creating both challenges and opportunities for businesses...

To mark the publication of these two key advisory notes, and the update earlier this year of the standard BIMCO sanctions clauses for charterparties,

The ITU was due to consider at its Plenipotentiary Conference (20 October to 7 November 2014) whether it should become the supervisory authority for the controversial Space Protocol.

With tumbling oil prices and projects being mothballed or cancelled, knock-on effects are to be expected.

A recent decision in France has reversed a trend, begun in the case of Pakistan International Airlines v Ms Kunze Bejon in 1997, by which the French Courts had been able to assert jurisdiction over air carriers even in the absence of one of the jurisdictions available under the Warsaw Convention jurisdiction.

The disputes in this arbitration related to claims for deadfreight and despatch under a voyage charterparty for the carriage of iron ore.

Vitol had voyage chartered the M/T Dijilah from Rhine Shipping in part for the purpose of taking delivery of a cargo of crude oil at Djeno, Congo, pursuant to a sale contract. The price payable under...

The case of Flame SA v Glory Wealth Shipping Pte Ltd [2013] emphasises the importance of the compensatory principle in the assessment of damages.

Following press attention in recent months surrounding the publication of the names of individual airlines and of countries whose airline operations have been banned by certain states, it is easy to lose sight of where the legal responsibilities lie for the certification and approval of an air operator and its aircraft.&

While there is no single, straightforward solution, a rapid transformation of the industry's approach to seat utilisation could benefit both the TOCs and improve passenger experience.

The Court was asked to consider the meaning of the words "injurious to the Vessel" in a time charter provision that was in the terms of clause 28 of the standard Shelltime form.

In a significant judgment arising out of Gulf of Aden piracy, the Commercial Court rejected the proposition that capture by pirates automatically gives rise to a total loss of the insured property.

It is common in time charters for a Vessel's cargo holds to be required to satisfy an inspection by a surveyor prior to loading.

Once the right to damages under MC99 is extinguished it cannot be resurrected by the application of a Civil Procedure Rule.

Inordinate delay in the production of an arbitration award, whilst capable of amounting to a serious irregularity, was not enough on its own to justify setting aside an arbitration award.