Marine Insurance Legal
Covering the latest law firm activity in the marine insurance sector.
- Port of Oakland sues AB5 protestors August 4, 2022The City of Oakland and the Port of Oakland have filed suit against owner-operator lorry drivers who have been protesting at the port against California's controversial AB5 contractor law .....
- Nuances of force majeure clause August 4, 2022Andy Powell and Anna Devereaux at legal firm Ince have written a piece on the nuances of the force majeure clause. In NKD Maritime Limited v. Bart Maritime (No 2) Inc (Shagang Giant) [2022] .....
- Lebanon prosecutor allows departure of Laodicea, but a second seizure order still in place August 3, 2022Although Lebanon's top prosecutor has lifted a seizure order on cargo ship Laodicea (IMO 9274343), accused of carrying four and barley stolen from Ukraine by Russia (see IMN August 1st), the .....
- Malaysia: One country, two limitation of liability regimes July 29, 2022Jeremy M Joseph and Matthew Van Huizen of Joseph & Partners have written for UK Club on the odd legal situation when it comes to limiting liability in Malaysia ....
- Captain gets jail sentence in Indonesia for smuggling hazardous waste July 27, 2022A district court in Batam, Indonesia has sentenced the captain of Singapore-flagged cargo ship Cramoil Equity (MMSI:312343000) to seven-years' jail for entering Indonesian waters with barrels .....
- Ahmet Telli arrested over Russian debt July 26, 2022Tanker Ahmet Telli (IMO 9035292) was arrested by Krasnodar Region Court Ruling, possibly on July 22nd, as a pledged asset to secure a debt payment to Russian Salvage Agency .....
- Malaysia: One country, two limitation of liability regimes July 22, 2022Jeremy M Joseph and Matthew Van Huizen of Joseph & Partners have written for UK Club on the odd legal situation when it comes to limiting liability in Malaysia ,,,,,
- Royal Caribbean caught up in Italian family feud July 21, 2022A legal ownership battle between two Italian brothers, billionaire Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio and his history professor brother Francesco, over the business founded by their father, has seen .....
- Charges against Augusta Due over collision are thrown out July 20, 2022Raffaele Brullo, owner of Rome, Italy-based shipping company Augusta Due has been cleared after the Court of Review and the Supreme Court, and also the Court of Rome upheld a formal request .....
- Promotions at Hill Dickinson July 20, 2022Maritime law specialist Hill Dickinson has promoted two new partners to its marine team. New partners Vanessa Tzoannos and Anthony Paizes are both based in the firm’s Piraeus office in ....