It is not particularly common for a dispute arising out of the 2012 version of the Norwegian Saleform (NSF 2012) to reach the English Court. Therefore, the Court’s findings in King Crude Carriers SA & others -v- Ridgebury November LLC & others …
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In a well-timed decision given the current situation in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, the UK Supreme Court recently handed down judgment in Herculito Maritime Ltd v Gunvor International BV [2024] UKSC 2, a decision that arose from seizure of a ship by …
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In June 2023, rules for bringing the maritime sector into the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (the “EU ETS”) came into force. All Member States (except one) have failed to transpose this legislation by the December 2023 deadline, but the obligations on t…
The Court has recently decided “an old chestnut”, namely which version of the York-Antwerp Rules (YAR) applies pursuant to clause (3) of the standard Congenbill 1994 form. This has been debated for years. The Court held that the general average (GA) ad…
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Reliance on bills of lading in trade finance is often pivotal, but just how good security are bills of lading and in what circumstances will a bank’s ability to exercise its security rights be compromised or even lost? A bank will most commonly find it…
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