Lloyd's Shipping & Trade Law

Revisiting the meaning and effect of "subjects" in charterparties

Arbitration agreements within international commercial contracts

In each issue this publication considers a small number of judicial decisions. With an unusually busy start to 2024 a stocktake of pending appeals and fresh decisions from the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal is in order. As of early April 2024 there is much to look forward to in the 2024 judicial year.

Seafarers' employment: are "tours of duty" and "duties under the contract" synonymous in determining the "base" of the employee?