Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- Russia-linked superyacht will be sold – proceeds will go to Ukraine December 8, 2022In an unusual diplomatic move related to western sanctions against Russia, it has been reported that the 92.5-metre superyacht Royal Romance (IMO 1012268), valued at about $200m pre-sanctions .....
- Right of insurer to recoup maintenance and cure payments December 8, 2022Kristin Poling, Claims Executive with UK Club, has looked at the Eastern District of Louisiana’s decision concerning an insurer’s right to recoup maintenance and cure .....
- Quadrant Chambers welcomes arbitration expert December 7, 2022International arbitration specialist Claire Stockford has joined Quadrant as a new member of chambers. Poonam Melwani KC, Head of Quadrant Chambers, said that “I am very pleased to .....
- London Arbitration 6/22: Is a vessel off-hire due to alleged Covid sickness December 6, 2022In London Arbitration 6/22 two separate off-hire disputes came to arbitration. These related to Hold Cleaning – whether a vessel was off-hire during hold cleaning, and .....
- X-Press Pearl representatives allege failures by Sri Lanka respondents December 5, 2022Representatives of the interests of the owner and operator of container ship X-Press Pearl, which caught fire and eventually became a wreck off the coast of Sri Lanka in mid 2021 have .....
- Convicted Nigerian pirate avoids sentence in Denmark November 30, 2022A complex case which eventually saw a Nigerian, who was accused of piracy involving Danish soldiers off the coast West Africa, being tried in a Copenhagen court, has ended with the .....
- Italian prosecutors seek manslaughter charges for Norman Atlantic Fire November 30, 2022Italian prosecutors in the port city of Bari have begun presenting their indictment against the owner, operator and crew of the Norman Atlantic (IMO 9435466), the ro/pax ferry that caught .....
- Greek law: Losing the right to limit liability November 29, 2022In an article on The Latest Developments in Limitation of Liability under Greek law, UK Club’s Christos Aporellis, Senior Claims Executive, noted that that there were few Greek court cases .....
- OJ Commerce case could be first of many November 29, 2022The Maersk test case relating to alleged failure to fulfil previously agreed container carrying contracts because spot prices had risen dramatically since the initial contract was signed could .....
- London Arbitration 6/19: “no adverse currents” definition confirmed November 25, 2022In its latest Waypoints, West of England Club has reported on London Arbitration 6/19, which confirms the majority opinion of London tribunals on ed the definition of “no adverse currents” .....