The Commercial Court (Sir William Blair) has today handed down judgment in FIMBank p.l.c. v KCH Shipping Co., Ltd, an appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996...

The 2026 Iran war and the resulting closure of the Strait of Hormuz, at least to all whom Iran deems as enemies, has led to what the International Energy Agency...

Yesterday, Sir Michael Burton GBE handed down judgment dismissing an application by the Defendant ("Mr Manes") to strike out parts of the Claimant's ("MAD International")...

In April and May 2020, Teare J handed down two judgments in two related actions: Trafigura Maritime Logistics v Clearlake Shipping and Clearlake Chartering USA v Petroleo Brasileiro.

The Court of Appeal (Males; Popplewell and Nugee LJJ)'s judgment in FIMBank p.l.c. v KCH Shipping Co. (The Giant Ace), confirmed that the time bar in Article III...

When Trump announced in May 2018 that the US was withdrawing from the Iran Nuclear deal, and unilaterally reinstating sanctions that were suspended as part of that deal, the sanctions regimes in the UK/EU and in the US were set on a collision course.

It is rare that the owner or charterer under a charterparty is not expressly identified in the recap or engrossed charterparty.

The energy transition has provoked some really innovative thinking from scientists and engineers: floating wind turbines are being towed out to sea to take advantage of winds...

This morning, 5 October 2020, Sir Nigel Teare handed down judgment in a three-handed collision dispute: Sakizaya Kalon & Osios David v Panamax Alexander [2020] EWHC 2604 (Admlty).

The contract contained a prohibition against assignment.

For the first time since taking effect under English Law, the High Court in Wealmoor Ltd v KLM [2025] EWHC 1706 (Comm) considered the test for an "event" causing...

In his judgment in Holyhead Marina v. Peter Farrer [2020] EWHC 1750 (Admlty), handed down today, Mr Justice Teare considers the circumstances in which the owners of a dock or marina can limit their liability for damage ...

Mr Justice Butcher handed down judgment today in The Gravity Highway and The Maritime Maisie [2020] EWHC 1697 (Comm).

Benjamin Coffer appeared for the Claimant, instructed by Emma Rice of Clyde & Co.

A recent ruling clarified that slot charterers, including Maersk and Bengal Tiger Line, qualify as "charterers" under Article 1(2) of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, allowing them to limit liability for losses.

The precise juridical nature of a shipowner's right to limit its liability under the 1976 (and earlier) Limitation Conventions has hitherto been obscure.

In Mercuria Energy Trading PTE v Raphael Cotonor Investments Ltd [2023] EWHC 2978 (Comm), the Court upheld that the Hague Rules/USCOGSA negligent navigation defense applies to Masters' failures to comply with voyage orders if the breach arises from navigational negligence, broadening owners' traditional protections.

In a recent High Court judgment concerning an application for an anti-suit injunction against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Sir Ross Cranston has held that the granting of injunctive relief...

In The Alion (Tanga Pharmaceuticals Plastics Limited and others v Emirates Shipping Line FZE [2025] EWHC 368 (Comm)), handed down today, the Commercial Court rejected an attempt...

The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in FIMBank Plc. v KCH Shipping Co. Ltd, holding that the time bar in Article III rule 6 of the Hague and the Hague-Visby Rules will apply...