Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

General average – Vessel grounding on uncharted shoal leaving port of Xiamen – Whether cargo interests obliged to contribute to general average – Whether actionable fault on part of owners – Whether vessel’s passage plan defective – Whether defective passage plan made vessel unseaworthy

Practice – Anti-suit injunction – Cargo interests bringing cargo claim in Bangladesh in breach of London arbitration clause – Owners bringing proceedings in England claiming final anti-suit injunction – Whether injunction should be granted

Salvage – Remuneration – Casualty successfully refloated by claimants after grounding off Falmouth – Determination of salvage award

Mortgage – Enforcement – Mortgagee seeking to enforce mortgage of motor yacht – Whether limit of €5 million applied to total claim including interest costs and expenses or only to principal amount guaranteed

Enforcement of judgment – Recognition of foreign judgment – Whether court should refuse to recognise Dubai court judgment on basis that it would be contrary to public policy

Admiralty practice – Shipyard concluding contract with company for work on vessel – Shipyard bringing proceedings in rem for cost of work – Whether company acted as agent for owners of vessel as undisclosed principals of company – Whether shipyard had valid in rem claim against vessel

Carriage of passengers by sea – Claimant sustaining personal injury while disembarking from cruise ship – Whether injury occurred during period of “carriage” within meaning of Athens Convention – Whether defendant entitled to summary judgment – Whether claimant entitled to amend particulars of claim to include new claim based on Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992