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Shipping case digest July 2021

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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.

In this case, the court considered the relevant factors applicable to granting a time extension to challenge an arbitration award… read more

In this case, the Supreme Court considered an appeal in relation to the calculation of a limitation period, in respect of causes of action which accrued at, or on the expiry of, the midnight hour at the end of Thursday 2 June 2011. The issue before the Supreme Court was whether Friday 3 June 2011 counted towards the calculation of the six-year limitation period… read more

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