Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

This was an appeal from an arbitration award. The first issue related to the construction of section 1(3) of the Arbitration Act 1979, which provided: “An appeal under this section may be brought by any of the parties to the reference - (a)..

OLL Ltd (“OLL”) brought a claim against the Secretary of State for the Home Department under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 for an indemnity against or contribution towards claims settled between OLL and families and..

The first issue in this arbitration under the LMAA Small Claims Procedure involved a dispute over speed and consumption. The vessel was chartered on the NYPE form. The charter preamble was not completed as to the ship’s speed and consumption..

The vessel was chartered for a period of about 23 months on an amended NYPE form. The charterparty anticipated that the vessel would need to drydock during the period of the charter. In the event routine repairs involved a period of off-hire of more..

The vessel was chartered on the Sugar Charterparty 1969 form. The issue in the arbitration was whether at the Romanian discharging port Saturday mornings should be treated as holidays and therefore not counted against laytime. The relevant laytime..