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X-Press Pearl – Admiralty Court clarifies slot charterers’ right to limit
Posted: 07/02/2025
In SEA Consortium Pte Ltd v Bengal Tiger Line Pte Ltd (The X-Press Pearl) [2024] EWHC 3174 (Admlty), the English Admiralty Court has provided clarification on the scope of article 1(2) of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 – which recognises shipowners as persons who may limit their liability to include......>>
SS Dunlossit – steaming out of the 19th century
Posted: 15/01/2025
This year marks the bicentennial anniversary of the founding of heritage maritime law firm Thomas Cooper in 1825. To celebrate this occasion, lawyers from Penningtons Manches Cooper will, for each month of 2025, be chronicling a different seminal case conducted by Thomas Cooper across its two centuries of English legal practice. The first......>>
The EU’s 15th package of sanctions – what has changed?
Posted: 10/01/2025
On 16 December 2024, the EU Council adopted a 15th package of sanctions against Russia. The 15th package modifies Council Regulation (EU) numbers 269/2014 and 833/2014 by introducing new restrictive measures on an additional 54 individuals and 30 entities, amending derogations under the main asset freeze related to Russia, and by......>>
Giant Ace in the Supreme Court – the Hague/Hague-Visby time-bar applies to all mis-delivery claims
Posted: 29/11/2024
On 13 November 2024, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Fimbank Plc v KCH Shipping Co Ltd, The Giant Ace [2024] UKSC 38; a case determining whether the one-year time-bar in the Hague/Hague-Visby Rules applies if the cargo is delivered ashore to the wrong party after it has been discharged from the ship......>>
Can a fanciful risk of prosecution for breach of international sanctions prevent the English court from exercising its discretion?
Posted: 26/11/2024
The Commercial Court has delivered a significant ruling in the case of O v C [2024] EWHC 2838 (Comm), addressing an arbitration claim pursuant to section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996 concerning the sale of a naphtha cargo affected by US sanctions. The claim was brought with the permission of the arbitral tribunal. The judgment highlights the......>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper establishes a hub in the South of France
Posted: 19/11/2024
Leading UK law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper is delighted to announce its entry into the South of France as it sets up a hub in Antibes, enabling direct access to the high-growth Mediterranean yacht sector and wider maritime industries......>>
‘Particulars furnished by shipper’ – what obligation is there on carriers to prevent container fraud?
Posted: 28/10/2024
A recent decision of the Commercial Court in Stournaras Stylianos Monoprosopi EPE v Maersk A/S [2024] EWHC 2494 (Comm) concerned a fraudulent sale in which 22 containers alleged to contain scrap copper wire in fact contained worthless concrete blocks. A quarter of a billion containers are shipped around the globe annually. Container......>>
The UK’s new Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation – UK announces new civil enforcement body for trade sanctions
Posted: 08/10/2024
In October 2024, the UK government plans to launch the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) within the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). OTSI will be responsible for civil enforcement of certain trade sanctions and have powers to impose monetary penalties, a power that was previously held by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)......>>
Manchester Ship Canal Company v United Utilities – there’s something in the water
Posted: 25/09/2024
The judgment handed down by the Supreme Court in Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd [2024] UKSC 22 has provided some answers to the question of whether the owners of private waterways can bring claims in the tort of nuisance if their water is polluted by discharges of foul water (ie untreated sewage)......>>
The Great British Energy Bill – opportunities for the shipping industry
Posted: 12/09/2024
Recent geopolitical events have highlighted the destabilising economic impacts of energy insecurities in many countries, including the UK. Confronted by the ongoing climate crisis and need for energy security, one of the Labour government’s solutions will be the acceleration of the development and investment in clean energy projects......>>
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