Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- Shipowners’ responsibilities and seafarer rights in relation to Red Sea conflict March 15, 2024David Ashmore, employment lawyer at global law firm Reed Smith, has analyzed “the profound safety considerations and intricate challenges arising from the conflict in the Red Sea, impacting ....
- QBE Europe LOU is judged to be “acceptable” and “adequate” security in Gibraltar SC case March 15, 2024Barristers’ chambers Monckton has reported a “resounding success” in a case relating to the OS 35 that went to the Gibraltar Supreme Court and in which a previous English Court Case ....
- Two Alaska seafood shippers to pay $9.5m in Jones Act case February 28, 2024Kloosterboer International Forwarding LLC and Alaska Reefer Management LLC have agreed to a $9.5m settlement to the US government after a case relating to violations of the Jones Act, a US law .....
- US Supreme Court decides 9-0 for enforceability of choice-of-law provisions in contracts February 23, 2024The US Supreme Court on February 21st voted unanimously for the enforceability of Choice-of-law provisions in maritime contracts. In the case of Great Lakes Insurance SE vs Raiders Retreat Realty ....
- Fine of £20,000 after vessel crashed into rocks on Isle of Wight February 23, 2024A Swindon man has been ordered to pay £20,000 at Portsmouth Crown Court after he crashed his motorboat Sully onto rocks in a bay on the Isle of Wight, seriously injuring three passengers. Ian .....
- Limitation of Liability under Greek Law: Return to reality February 19, 2024Christos Aporellis, Senior Claims Director, UK Club, has said that a restatement of the Greek interpretation on the right to limit liability by the Greek Supreme Court was a welcome .....
- Princess Empress case now a matter for criminal courts February 16, 2024Executives from the operator of the wrecked tanker Princess Empress (MMSI 548372700) have been indicted on criminal charges in connection with the vessel’s sinking in February 2023 off Naujan ....
- US seeks to auction the Amadea, saying that it is costing $7m a year to maintain February 15, 2024In the immediate aftermath of Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a number of superyachts belonging to Russian oligarchs became the centre of media attention. Some were seized .....
- NorthStandard reminds on the rules of causation February 15, 2024Peter Smith – NorthStandard Claims Senior Executive - Americas, UK & Ireland has noted that a recent legal case (The University of Exeter v Allianz Insurance Plc [2023]) served as a reminder on .....
- Captain of MSC ship escapes with suspended sentence and small fine for being drunk in charge February 15, 2024A UK judge has imposed a suspended sentence and a small fine on Captain Zbigniew Chowaniec , 65, who was found to been four times over the legal limit for alcohol when his containership docked ....