Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Admiralty jurisdiction – Foreign law fraudulent transfer claims – Plaintiff claiming defendant forced plaintiff to break forward freight agreements – Plaintiff arresting vessel alleged to have been purchased with fraudulently transferred funds – Whether claim fell within admiralty jurisdiction – Whether plaintiff entitled to rely on Louisiana non-resident attachment statute

Practice – Enforcement of foreign arbitration award – Petition brought against Chinese companies and People’s Republic of China – Whether court had personal and subject matter jurisdiction over respondents

Practice – Disclosure - Documentation produced in confidential arbitration – Whether claimants entitled to rely on documentation in support of proposed Commercial Court claim for unlawful conspiracy - Whether confidentiality waived – Whether disclosure necessary in interests of justice

Canals – Vessels permanently moored on stretch of canal subject to public right of navigation – Vessels used as residential homes – Whether vessels moored “without lawful authority” – Whether notices served by statutory navigational authority invalid

Aviation insurance – Reinsurance – Retrocession – Losses arising out of 9/11 terrorist attacks on Twin Towers – Whether losses arising out of two events or one event

Admiralty jurisdiction – Drydock sinking at berth – Insurers of drydock bringing claims against other insurers – Whether disputes involved maritime insurance – Whether drydock a “vessel”