The Commercial Court handed down judgment today in Piraeus Bank v. Antares ("The ZouZou") [2022] EWHC 1169 (Comm). The decision concerns mortgagees' interest insurance and the standard exclusions in a war risk policy.

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...

Guy Blackwood QC, leading Oliver Caplin of Twenty Essex win in the Court Of Appeal: Herculito Maritime Limited (Owners' interests) v. GUNVOR (Cargo Interests), "THE POLAR"

Documentary time-bars are proving once again to be one of the most fertile sources of shipping litigation.

The Claimant, a retired lecturer, issued a claim against the University of West Indies ("the University") seeking to establish her entitlement to a pension superannuation hardship scheme, and for payment of sums outstanding under the scheme.

Approximately 80% of the world's grain trade is conducted using GAFTA standard form contracts; and the GAFTA Default Clause, with immaterial variations, appears in 64 out of the approximately 78 GAFTA contracts currently in use.

In The Newcastle Express, Owners of the vessel and the would-be Charterers agreed the terms of a recap for a voyage charterparty which expressly provided "subject shipper/receivers approval."

The Supreme Court handed down judgment today in The CMA CGM Libra [2021] UKSC 51, its much-awaited analysis of seaworthiness and the due diligence obligation under the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules.

Hotel proprietors are strictly liable, without proof of negligence, for the loss of property brought to the hotel by their guests, unless they can show that the loss resulted from the guest's own negligence.

The question of law on this appeal was whether the term in a bareboat charterparty obliging charterers to "keep the vessel with unexpired classification of the class indicated in Box 10 and with other required certificates ...

The claim arose out of a fatal helicopter crash off the coast of Brazil in 2011 after the catastrophic in-flight failure of a tail rotor blade.

In RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping BV [2024], the UK Supreme Court ruled that a force majeure clause requiring "reasonable endeavors" did not oblige a party to accept non-contractual performance, emphasizing contractual rights, commercial certainty, and strict clause interpretation.

In a rare example of an arbitration award being successfully challenged in the Courts, HHJ Pelling QC's judgment in MVV Environment Ltd v NTO Shipping, was handed down today.

An examination on the ship finance implications of a recent commercial court decision.

In Tonzip Maritime Ltd v 2Rivers Pte Ltd (The "Catalan Sea") [2025] EWHC 2036 (Comm), the High Court has provided guidance on the interpretation of charterparty sanctions clauses...

On 14 July 2020 the High Court (Miles J) handed down the latest judgment in the long-running Zumax v First City Monument Bank litigation - granting an "unless order"...

This morning, the Court of Appeal (Zacaroli, Males and Jonathan Baker LJJ) handed down judgment, in a second appeal, on an "important" point on the scope of the catchily...

Regulation 1215/201 on jurisdiction and the recognition of judgments in civil and commercial matters (the "Recast Regulation") provides that...

The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in the important case of "Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC v AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP" [2013] UKSC 35.