A cargo of fishoil was carried on board the tanker Aqasia under a voyage charterparty which incorporated Article IV of the Hague Rules. Art IV, r 5 states ...

Shipowners entered into crew management agreements on the Crewman B forms. On 30 January 2015 owners gave notice to terminate under cl 14, which provided for a 3-month notice period ...

On 15 June 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority announced a market study into Apple's and Google's mobile ecosystems.

Whilst divorce rates for younger couples seems to be on a decline, the rate of later life divorce is on the rise with the divorce rates for those 65 years and older having tripled since 1990.

A recent decision of the High Court has served as a useful reminder and warning to parties of the need to carefully draft contracts of suretyship ...

As reported in our October 2017 edition of Snapshot, the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 ...

As consolidation in the domestic energy supply market continues, a new report has been commissioned by Shoosmiths and produced by Cornwall Insight.

Whilst we all live in a much more progressive society than we ever have before, there is still a danger of misgendering someone's identity.

Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) options are widely granted to employees in small and medium sized companies - the tax advantages they offer employees ...

In Sinolanka Hotels & Spa (Private) Limited v Interna Contract SpA [2018] SGHC 157, the Singapore High Court analysed which of two arbitration agreements ...

There are generous customs and taxation benefits within Freeport sites. Some of these are time limited.

The Supreme Court has ruled that unless an employment contract provides otherwise notice to terminate employment takes effect from when the employee opens and reads the notice...

In Burgess & others v Bic, the Trustees were successful in arguing that pension in payment increases referable to pre April 1997 pensionable service had been validly granted.

This is sometimes known as gender identity disorder, gender incongruence or transgenderism.

It's National Surrogacy Week this week (2-8 August 2021) and the aim is to raise awareness and celebrate surrogacy and all the amazing work being done by professionals involved.

More recently, many more people are using fertility treatment to conceive; particularly same sex couples, single women and surrogates (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority data).

The government has announced a series of measures to tackle ongoing shortages of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers and poultry workers in the UK. This includes relaxing immigration rules to ...

CoMaCo sold a quantity of bananas to Altfadul. On 14 December 2013 CoMaCo voyage chartered the vessel Baltic Strait.

Shipowners Songa time chartered the chemical tanker Songa Winds to Navig8, who voyage chartered to Glencore.

The Supreme Court has today vindicated the position taken by the shipowners in a claim arising out of the seizure of the MV Longchamp by Somali pirates, Mitsui & Co Ltd v Beteiligungsgesselschaft LPG Tankerflotte MBH & Co KG.