Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Practice – Anti-suit injunction – Shipbuilding contract – Buyer bringing London arbitration against Chinese bank to enforce refund guarantees – Arbitrators finding in favour of buyer – Chinese bank bringing proceedings against buyer and others in China – Whether buyer entitled to anti-suit injunction

Charterparty – Vessel under construction let out on long-term time charter – Charter providing for laycan to be “back-to-back” with shipbuilding contract – Charterers purporting to cancel charter prior to delivery – Whether cancellation lawful

Admiralty jurisdiction – Bunker supplier arresting vessel claiming unpaid bunkers – Bunker supplier asserting that party ordering bunkers was acting as agent for shipowner – Shipowner denying agency – Whether action in rem should be set aside Admiralty practice – Whether shipowner entitled to damages for wrongful arrest of vessel by supplier of bunkers