Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The plaintiffs were a Liberian incorporated shipping company carrying on business in Dubai, and were the owners of the vessel Al Wahab. The plaintiffs sought to litigate in the English commercial court their claim against the defendant insurers for..

The facts of this case, which are somewhat complex, were summarised in LMLN 68 - 10 June 1982. In brief, the respondents agreed to sell their vessel Messianiaki Tolmi to S. Ltd. for scrap. When the time came for the buyers to take delivery, the..

The issue before the Court of Appeal related to whether section 32 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 had retrospective effect in the circumstances of the case. Section 32 came into force on 24 August 1982. At first instance - [1983] 1..

The vessel Johs Stove was chartered on an Exxonvoy form to load a cargo of crude oil for carriage from the Persian Gulf to Turkey. By the time the vessel arrived off the loading place at Kharg Island on 15 December 1978 there was serious congestion..

Mr. Justice Staughton has followed Leggatt J.’s decision in Arab African Energy Corpn Ltd. v. Olieprodukten Nederland B.V. (LMLN 95 - 25 June 1983). The contract in the present case provided: Arbitration shall be conducted in London under..