Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- Mackay v Dick principle has no place in English law, says UK Supreme Court December 17, 2025A recent Supreme Court Decision looks to have laid to rest a legal question that had remained a matter of debate since 1881. Marie-Anne Moussalli, Partner at Clyde & Co, has provided a .....
- NYK and MOL agree £54m cartel penalty payout December 16, 2025Japan-based Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) have agreed to pay £54m to settle the long-running UK collective action over a car carrier cartel that runs back a couple ....
- German court blocks authorities from selling suspected Russian oil tanker cargo December 15, 2025The highest fiscal court In Germany has ruled that authorities cannot for now sell or otherwise use oil tanker Eventin (IMO 9308065) or its cargo, which Germany seized earlier this year off ...
- Federal US judge vacates Trump’s January EO halting wind farm approvals December 11, 2025US District Court Judge Patti Saris in Massachusetts on December 8th vacated one of the first executive orders signed by President Trump when he returned to the office of presidency in January ....
- Legal action in US against shipping lines after containership delay December 10, 2025Cargo insurers are reported to be suing MSC, AP Moller-Maersk, and Zim in a US court for more than $2m in damages due to alleged contract breaches and negligence following engine trouble on ....
- Court of Appeal rules on late redelivery compensation rights: Does Supreme Court beckon? December 10, 2025Marcia Perucca, SRA-regulated solicitor and Steamship Mutual Syndicate Manager, Claims, European Syndicate, has reported that the Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling in the Commercial Court ....
- Testimony closes in Trafigura fraud case, Gupta says ex-Trafigura staff suggested financial deals December 2, 2025During the testimony of Prateek Gupta over two days last week during the Trafigura fraud trial, Trafigura’s lawyers accused Phim of having had a history of fraudulent dealings even before ....
- Action taken in Algeciras against alleged polluting ferry November 28, 2025The Maritime Authority of Algeciras has said that it had opened administrative sanction proceedings against Balearia for alleged pollution emitted by high-speed ferry passenger / vehicle ....
- Croatian chief officer of livestock carrier faces drug smuggling charge in Australia November 26, 2025Four men, including the chief officer of an international livestock carrier tentatively identified in some local reports as the Al Kuwait (IMO 9590931) have been charged with participation in ....
- FMC obtains $1.35m in civil penalties from carriers November 25, 2025The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has concluded two enforcement actions against major vessel operator and a non-vessel-operating common carrier, obtaining $1.35m in civil penalty ....