Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Charterparty – Contract of affreightment – Claimant alleging that defendant failed to ship minimum quantity of cargo during contract period – Claimant pleading claim for loss of profits without giving credit for cost of chartering vessels that would have been required to lift the cargoes – Whether defendant entitled to summary judgment on issue of quantification of damages – Whether claimant entitled to amend particulars of claim to include claim under transferred loss principle

Collision action – Convoy of eight vessels transiting Suez Canal – First vessel suffering engine problem and anchoring – Following vessels taking steps to moor – Eighth vessel colliding with anchored seventh vessel – Both vessels subsequently colliding with anchored and moored sixth vessel – Liability for collisions

Contract – Formation – Brokerage agreement – Whether parties concluded brokerage agreement – Whether brokerage agreement subsequently terminated – Whether broker entitled to commission – Whether broker effective cause of coal transportation agreement

Admiralty practice – Priorities – Costs – Claimant having possessory lien over vessel in respect of claim – Claim would have priority only as statutory lien in absence of possessory lien – Whether costs of enforcing claim to be given same priority as possessory lien or statutory lien

Admiralty practice – Plaintiff shipowner bringing in rem proceedings against defendant vessel – Change of ownership of vessel prior to issue of proceedings – Whether proper party to enter appearance was owner at time of collision or new owner – Whether new owner entitled to withdraw appearance

Admiralty practice – Arrest of vessel – Whether arrest should be set aside for material non-disclosure

Practice – Anti-suit injunction – Principles to be applied for determining proper law of arbitration agreement