Forward Freight Agreements which still had contract months to run at the time of Automatic Early Termination under an ISDA Master Agreement were to be included in calculating the Early Termination. Payment

On 5 May 2010, David Southall won his appeal against a GMC finding that he accused a mother of murdering her son and a ruling striking him off the medical register.

The present recession and property downturn sees the return of 1990s' conditions for lender claims. Those of us who were in the front line for the professionals have the benefit of the lessons we then learned, but equally face new challenges in dealing with the anticipated new onslaught.

When EC Regulation 261/2004 finally came into force on 17 February 2005 airlines pretty quickly faced demands from passengers keen to take advantage of their new rights. However, for the time being there are probably still as many questions as answers on how some parts of the Regulation are to be interpreted.

Given the current financial climate, some yards may face difficulties financing the building of new orders. With approximately 1,000 ships on order at a value of around $350 billion, refund guarantees could potentially be very relevant in the near future for purchasers of new build vessels.

The saga of state aid granted by the Greek Government to Olympic Airways over recent years continues unabated and becomes even more complex.

When an airline passenger sustains bodily injury that is not caused by "accident" when on board an aircraft or in the operations of embarking/disembarking, he has no claim against the airline.

In this article we look at two recent English county court cases in which passengers sought compensation against Iberia under EU (Denied Boarding) Regulation (EC) No.261/2004.

The Court of Appeal has delivered a ruling which will make inherent vice more difficult for insurers to plead. Global Process Systems Inc. v Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Bhd (2009).

On 29 February 2008, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Kosmar Villa Holidays v Trustees of Syndicate 1243 (2008).

IATA and the European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA) have successfully negotiated round 1 in their attempt to challenge the validity of EU Regulation 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delays. On 14 July 2004, the High Court in London ordered that certain questions concerning the validity of the Regulation be referred to the European Court of Justice for determination.

The status of Northern Cyprus raises difficult questions of international law as well as being the subject of political dispute and had to be considered recently by the English Court in the context of applications for air traffic rights.

The 'disparity principle' has re-emerged as a hot topic following the Admiralty and Commercial Court decision in the appeal proceedings in the "VOUTAKOS" (2008).

In LauritzenCool v Lady Navigation Inc - the Commercial Court considered whether an injunction preventing Owners from employing their vessel other than in accordance with a particular charterparty was tantamount to an order for specific performance.

Bringing criminal charges into aviation occurrences resulting from inadvertent operational errors may hinder the development and free exchange of safety information which is essential to improve aviation safety, with a potential adverse effect on it.

Upholding an arbitration award, the English High Court held that it did not matter which of the two contractual trigger dates came first to start the time limitation period running.

The Court of Appeal has reiterated that it will always be a question of fact whether an actual total loss can be said to exist in any given case.