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Eternal Bliss – demurrage is a complete remedy
Posted: 24/11/2025
As part of the bicentennial celebration of Thomas Cooper’s founding in 1825, Penningtons Manches Cooper is spotlighting a different standout case conducted by the firm across its two centuries of English legal practice for each month of 2025......>>
EuroChem v Societe Generale & Ors: a sanctions-driven barrier to payment enforcement
Posted: 27/10/2025
In a significant Commercial Court decision, LLC EuroChem North-West-2 and Eurochem Group AG brought proceedings against Societe Generale and ING Bank, seeking payment under six on-demand bonds issued in 2021–2022. These bonds, governed by English law, were intended to secure EuroChem’s obligations under construction contracts......>>
Kos – Supreme Court 'stretches the application of the express charter indemnity'
Posted: 24/10/2025
This tenth instalment focusses on the judgment in ENE 1 Kos Ltd v Petroleo Brasileiro SA, The Kos [2012] UKSC 17, which arose out of the VLCC supercycle of 2008 and is the only case in which the Supreme Court considered the operation of a time charter employment and indemnity clause. In March 2007, Thomas Cooper & Stibbard......>>
Spammed or served? ADC v AASTAR is the latest word on serving arbitration documents by email
Posted: 24/10/2025
On 24 September 2025, the London Circuit Commercial Court delivered a judgment in African Distribution Company SaRL v AASTAR Trading Pte Ltd [2025] EWHC 2428 concerning an attempt to resist enforcement of a London arbitral award on the alleged basis that service of documents was ineffective......>>
Factortame: redefining Parliamentary sovereignty for a generation
Posted: 29/09/2025
As part of the bicentennial celebration of Thomas Cooper’s founding in 1825, Penningtons Manches Cooper is spotlighting a different standout case conducted by the firm across its two centuries of English legal practice for each month of 2025. This ninth instalment focusses on the enormous Factortame litigation that spanned over a decade......>>
American Accord – fraud, foreign exchange and the foundations of fiat money
Posted: 14/08/2025
This eighth instalment focusses on the House of Lords' decision in United City Merchants v Royal Bank of Canada, The American Accord [1982] 2 Lloyd's Rep 1; the foundational case on the autonomy of documentary credits, the scope of the fraud exception, and the treatment of illegality/exchange control issues. As WWII drew to a close......>>
Evaggelos Th – implied warranty of safety in a time charter
Posted: 22/07/2025
As part of the bicentennial celebration of Thomas Cooper’s founding in 1825, Penningtons Manches Cooper is spotlighting a different standout case conducted by the firm across its two centuries of English legal practice for each month of 2025. This seventh instalment focusses on the decision in Vardinoyannis v The Egyptian General......>>
Inverpool – common law inadequate for new pollution menace
Posted: 26/06/2025
As part of the bicentennial celebration of heritage firm Thomas Cooper’s founding in 1825, for each month of 2025, Penningtons Manches Cooper is spotlighting a different standout case conducted by the firm across its two centuries of English legal practice. This sixth instalment focusses on the decision in Esso Petroleum v Southport Corporation......>>
Queen Elizabeth – salvaging an icon
Posted: 21/05/2025
To celebrate the bicentennial of the founding of heritage maritime law firm Thomas Cooper in 1825, lawyers from Penningtons Manches Cooper are, for each month of 2025, chronicling a different standout case conducted by the firm across its two centuries of English legal practice. This fifth instalment focusses on the salvage of the......>>
Josefina Thordén – WWII tanker seized as prize by salvors
Posted: 15/04/2025
This year marks the bicentennial of the founding of heritage maritime law firm Thomas Cooper in 1825. To celebrate this occasion, lawyers from Penningtons Manches Cooper are, for each month of 2025, chronicling a different standout case conducted by Thomas Cooper across its two centuries of English legal practice. The fourth instalment in this......>>

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