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Shanghai Shipyard Co. Ltd v Reignwood International Investment (Group) Company Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1147

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by Shanghai Shipyard Co. Ltd (the “Builder”) against a decision...

Oct 2021

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International Standard Demand Guarantee Practice for URDG 758

On 31 March 2021 the ICC Banking Commission approved the new International Standard Demand Guarantee Practice (“ISDGP”) as...

Oct 2021

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Letters of Credit & Sanctions

A principal characteristic of letters of credit (LCs) is their autonomous nature. For those LCs that incorporate the...

Jul 2021

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Superyacht Ownership - Some Key Legal Considerations

I Introduction Over the past 50 years, few sectors have seen the growth and development that the superyacht...

Jul 2021

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Introduction of the UK List of Approved Ship Recycling Facilities

At the end of last year, Justin Turner and I reported upon a key update from the European...

Mar 2021

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Updates to EU Ship Recycling Regulations

Introduction In the last twenty years there have been considerable changes in contracting practices for dealing with a...

Dec 2020

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COVID-19 / Coronavirus and Superyacht Charter - What's my Legal Position?

Introduction The global outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a significant effect on the superyacht industry, in...

Dec 2020

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Edmiston v Heesen – “ELECTRA”– Brokerage Commission Disputes and the Effective Cause Test

Introduction On 03 August 2020, the Dutch Court of East Brabant handed down an interim judgment in a...

Dec 2020

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Preventing the Prevention Principle applying to shipbuilding contracts

Summary A shipyard was not entitled to extensions of time as a result of the application of the...

Dec 2020

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Fitness for purpose and design life obligations

A recent judgment of the High Court, sitting as the Technology and Construction Court, has applied the decision...

Dec 2020

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IMO approves Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI

Introduction Following last month’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (“MEPC”) 75 meeting at the International Maritime Organisation (“IMO”), draft...

Dec 2020

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Reducing Ship Emissions – The Ferry Industry (a case study)

Introduction In a series of brief bulletins, Justin Turner and I have been highlighting selected news updates which...

Nov 2020

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1 January 2021 deadline approaching for IMO NOx Tier III

Introduction In recent years maritime environmental matters have been under increasing global scrutiny, most likely due to mounting...

Nov 2020

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IMO group proposes Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI

Introduction Maritime environmental matters have been very much at the fore in recent years, not least in response...

Nov 2020

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Time bar for failure to provide “all available supporting documents” in time – the TIGER SHANGHAI.

(MUR Shipping B.V. v Louis Dreyfus Company Suisse S.A. [2019] EWHC 3240 (November 2019)) Standard form charterparties often...

Feb 2020

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Ship Recycling Review - Green Shoots for Recycling!

At the end of last year, India passed the Recycling of Ships Bill 2019 (the “Act”) and also...

Jan 2020

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2019 In Review

It is almost that time of the year when we can take a moment to reflect on the...

Dec 2019

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