Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Practice – Service out of jurisdiction – Anti-suit injunction – American cruise line passengers suffering personal injuries during 2019 eruption of volcano on Whakaari/White Island, New Zealand – Passengers on shore excursion from Royal Caribbean vessel – Passengers bringing proceedings in USA against cruise line – Cruise line applying for anti-suit injunction – Whether leave should be granted to serve proceedings out of jurisdiction

Admiralty – Collision action – Crossing rules – Whether applicable to vessel navigating towards narrow channel – Whether give-way vessel had to be on a sufficiently constant course for crossing rules to apply

Limitation of liability – Boat passenger injured in collision with sandbar – Whether defendants entitled to limit liability – Athens Convention 1974

Charterparty – Cargo holds rejected at loading port – Whether time lost – Whether owners in breach of contract in respect of deviation caused by engine breakdown – Whether vessel underperformed – Whether owners liable to pay charterers for cost of replacement bunkers following deviation and underperformance