Shipping case digest - January 2018
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Welcome to this month’s edition of our shipping case digest, providing you with concise and useful summaries of recent legal decisions in the shipping market.
Transgrain -v- Yangtze: meaning of ‘act’ in clause 8(d) of the Inter-Club Agreement 1996
In this recent case, the Court of Appeal had to construe clause 8(d) of the Inter-Club Agreement 1996 and in particular what the word ‘act’ in the phrase ‘act or neglect’ meant… read more
“MT CAPE BONNY”: a ‘not-so-average’ decision regarding general average claims
In this High Court case Mr Justice Teare considered whether cargo interests were liable to make a general average contribution when a casualty was caused by an actionable fault on the part of the owners… read more
The “AL KHATTIYA” and The “JAG LAADKI”: a CPR collision on early disclosure and inspection of documents
The collision of two ships triggered this High Court case that required Mr Justice Baker to consider whether certain information and documentation readily available to the claimants, were reasonably required by, and should be disclosed to, the defendants… read more
Trafigura -v- Renbrandt: summary judgment application on cargo dispute
In this High Court case Mr Lionel Persey QC considered the claimant’s application for permission to apply for summary judgment, together with declarations from the court… read more
