Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Charterparty - Amended Gencon form - Failure to provide cargo - Demurrage - Freight - Damages for hire under head charterparty - Preliminary issues - Whether sub-charterers should be joined as a necessary and proper party - Whether sub-charter collateral to the charterparty in the reference and to be taken into consideration

Charterparty - Amended Gencon form - Failure to provide cargo - Whether charterers in repudiatory breach - Demurrage - Whether owners entitled to freight - Whether damages would include hire under head charterparty

Charterparty - Amended Gencon form - Failure to provide cargo - Quantum of damages - Expert evidence - Costs

Sale of cargo - Effect of lien - Arbitration Act 1996, section 44

Limitation - Meaning of "charterer" in definition of "shipowner" - Whether slot charterer was a "charterer"

Time charterparty - NYPE form - Deductions from hire - Performance claim - Strength of evidence from weather routing company - Grab performance - Shortage of bunkers on redelivery Procedure - Withdrawal of charterers' solicitors after service of owners' claim submissions - Peremptory order for service of defence - Whether tribunal could proceed following notice of dissolution of charterers

Sale of yacht - Identity of contracting parties - Rectification - Construction of payment obligations - Whether payment required in advance of performance - Whether contract varied by express agreement

Admiralty - Port charges - Vessel delayed in discharging cargo due to defects in loading - Whether port entitled to charge additional period toll

Admiralty - Limitation fund - Whether applicant for limitation was barred from pleading defence - Res judicata - Issue estoppel - Abuse of process - Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976