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Shipping case digest - October 2017

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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.

“SEVILLA KNUTSEN”: LOU and anti-suit injunction

In this recent case the judge had to consider the wording of an LOU and whether the defendants were entitled to pursue claims otherwise than before the court provided under the LOU… read more

Rollitt -v- Ballard: an application to challenge an arbitration award out of time

This case required the High Court to consider the impact of non-payment of an arbitrator’s fees, on the claimant’s application for an extension to the statutory period of 28 days to challenge an arbitrator’s award… read more

Union Marine -v- Government of the Union of Comoros: court confirms the very high threshold to find serious irregularity

In this decision, the High Court has, once again, been  asked to consider an application under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, specifically a failure of general duty and excess of powers… read more

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