In a classic FOB sale contract, the risk of loss or damage to the goods passes from the sellers to the buyers on the loading of the goods onto the vessel chartered by the buyers.

In this case, the vessel Owners failed to provide the Charterers with all documents in support of their demurrage claim within the 90-day time period provided under the charterparty.

This case is a reminder that parties can only expect appellate courts to overturn findings of fact by the first instance judge in the rarest of circumstances.

It is a debatable point whether or not the obligation to pay hire under a time charter is a condition of the contract or not.

This case related to various claims under a bunker supply contract which contained a no set-off clause. Such clauses are common in the oil supply industry and the English courts tend to take a stringent approach to their application.

Defining what is meant by "reasonable" in contracts governed by English law is rarely straightforward.

With corruption increasingly hitting the headlines (think GlaxoSmithKline in China and Qatar's World Cup bid), in early December 2014, the OECD issued a new report on corruption, highlighting the scale of bribery worldwide.

The UK offshore wind energy sector has come a long way since the first offshore wind farm was completed in 2000 at Blyth Harbour in the northeast of England, with just two turbines totalling 4MW.

The storm surrounding the manipulation of Libor rates by some of the world’s leading banks has been brewing largely unnoticed since 2005.

In our International Trade and Commodities Legal Update February 2010, we reported that the beneficiaries under five letters of credit (L/Cs) issued by Indian Overseas Bank ("IOB") had succeeded in defeating all save one of IOB’s defences based on alleged documentary discrepancies under the L/Cs.

In this recent case, the Commercial Court held that despite Gaztransport et Technigaz SAS ("GTT") committing fraud in the underlying arbitration

The parties in this case were in dispute as to whether there was a validly concluded contract between them for the supply of milling wheat.

A recent decision offers guidance as to the courts’ approach to a carrier’s obligations under Article III(2) of the Hague Rules to properly and carefully load, carry and care for the cargo.

The matter involved claims pursued by various ship-owners against their charterers' guarantor in London arbitration proceedings.

In "The Laemthong Glory" (No 2) [2005] 1 LLR 688, the Court held that the provisions of a letter of indemnity ("LOI") issued by receivers to voyage charterers requesting delivery of cargo without presentation of original bills of lading purported to confer a benefit on the ship-owners in their capacity as the agents of the charterers for the purpose of delivering the cargo.

The dispute in this case arose out of a contract for the sale and purchase of methanol, with shipment to be FOB Kandla within September 2007.

For pirates off both West and East Africa, the laden tanker has become the most sought after prize. There are two distinct business models and both present challenges to the owners and underwriters of a high value oil cargo.

In July 2011, shortly after the Bribery Act (the "Act") came into force, we highlighted in an article that the Act had made facilitation payments a minefield for the shipping industry

Last year, we made Ince & Co's first application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of England and Wales on behalf of TMT Asia Limited.

In a significant case regarding the application of the Cross Border Insolvency Regulations 2006, the English High Court decided it would not intervene to prevent termination of an English law contract for insolvency even though such termination was inoperative or invalid under the foreign law governing the insolvency.