Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Carriage of goods by sea – Burden of proof – Cargo of containerised bagged coffee beans found to be damaged by condensation – Inherent vice – Whether carrier failed properly and carefully to load and carry the goods

Admiralty practice – Service of writ – Collision actions – Plaintiffs issuing writs timeously but failing to serve them within 12 months – Whether plaintiffs entitled to orders extending validity of writs – Relevance of settlement negotiations – Maritime Conventions Act 1911, section 8 – Rules of Court (Cap 322, R5, 2014 Rev Ed), O 6 r 4

Carriage of goods by sea – Engine breakdown – Whether carrier in breach of contract of carriage – Whether contract of carriage was charterparty or bill of lading – Whether vessel was in need of salvage – Whether salvage settlement was reasonable – Whether cargo interests entitled to recover transhipment costs – Whether cargo interests liable to contribute in general average

Sale and purchase of vessel – Saleform 2012 – Tendering notice of readiness without letter of non-encumbrance – Term or condition

Admiralty practice – Arrest of vessel by mortgagee – Shipowner applying for order releasing vessel from arrest unless mortgagee provided cross-undertaking in damages – Whether cross-undertaking should be imposed as condition of release

Admiralty practice – Abortive sale of arrested vessel – Vessel subsequently sold – Whether deposit forfeited on abortive sale to be treated as part of proceeds of sale

Practice – Limitation of time – Death of passenger on chartered vessel – Widow bringing action in negligence against charterers on behalf of dependant minor son – Whether claim time-barred – Athens Convention 1974, article 16(3) – Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973, section 18