The meaning of “goods lost or damaged” within the meaning of the Hague-Visby Rules By Anthony Menzies, Franc Gozalvez This case concerned a cargo of zinc calcine loaded in Baltimore on the vessel THORCO LINEAGE for…
Anti-suit Injunctions in the Post-Brexit World By Anthony Menzies, Franc Gozalvez If two parties (A and B) enter into a contract conferring exclusive jurisdiction on the English…
Commercial Court upholds CMR Convention limits Knapfield v. C.A.R.S Holdings Ltd & Ors (2022) By Anthony Menzies, Franc Gozalvez The Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (the CMR Convention)…
Credit risk cover in a marine cargo policy Court of Appeal issues judgment in ABN Amro case By Anthony Menzies, Franc Gozalvez ABN Amro Bank N.V. v…
A P&I Club Letter of Undertaking subject to a sanctions clause remains a “reasonably satisfactory” security, though it need not be accepted By Anthony Menzies, Franc Gozalvez M/V Pacific Pearl Company Ltd v…
Does a court seised of limitation proceedings under the Limitation Convention have jurisdiction to discharge a P&I Club Letter of Undertaking? By Anthony Menzies, Franc Gozalvez Enemalta Plc v The Standard Club Asia Ltd 1 On 23 December 2019 the island of Malta suffered a…
Further political upheaval in Latin America - Peru’s revolving presidential door By Anthony Menzies, Franc Gozalvez Last year saw repeated violence on the streets of Chile, Latin America’s most advanced economy…
COVID-19 – Reinsurance Questions By Anthony Menzies The COVID-19 crisis is generating insurance claims across the global industry, from event…
Cyber-attack - Mexico Ministry of Economy By Andrés Amunátegui Echeverría, José María Álvarez-Cienfuegos, Anthony Menzies, Sascha Stullenberg Cyber breach reported by the Mexican Ministry of Economy and extortion demands by fraudsters-…
Credit hire organisation found to be the Dominus Litis: a double-headed victory for DAC Beachcroft Credit Hire, Scotland By Emma Fuller In the recent case of Moles v Cook, the credit hire organisation was found to be the Dominus Litis…
Massive failure in Power Grid causes blackout in Argentina and Uruguay, leaving tens of millions of people with no power. By Anthony Menzies, Hans Allnutt, Franc Gozalvez Power has now been restored to much of Argentina and Uruguay following an unexplained failure in…
Fires at Sea: tackling misdeclared cargoes at the forefront of the industry agenda By Anthony Menzies, Franc Gozalvez The latest fires at sea call for prompt measures Recent container ship fires, including the fatal…
50 predictions: Marine, Aviation & Transport and Energy By Anthony Menzies, Toby Vallance The nature of ransom is changing Kidnap and Ransom (K&R) insurance proved a perhaps…
Arbitral jurisdiction under bills of lading – reinventing the wheel? By Anthony Menzies, Toby Vallance, Franc Gozalvez The Commercial Court in Sea Master Shipping Inc v…
Navigators v. Atlasnavios-Navegacao – Supreme Court provides final twist in the tale By Anthony Menzies, Toby Vallance The Supreme Court has held that, contrary to the common ground between the parties, the vessel's…
All risks marine cargo insurance wording put to the test By Anthony Menzies, Toby Vallance, Franc Gozalvez The Commercial Court has recently held in Engelhart CTP (US) LLC v Lloyd’s Syndicate 1221 that…
50 predictions: Marine, Aviation & Transport and Energy By Anthony Menzies Digitised supply chains imminent As the move to embrace technology to improve efficiencies in the…
Latin America Quarterly Update April 2017 By Anthony Menzies, Sascha Stullenberg DAC Beachcroft's LatAm Quarterly Newsletter discusses topical news and issues in Latin America
Deregulation of the Brazilian Re-insurance Market – 10 years on By Anthony Menzies, Sascha Stullenberg Mientras que Brasil es ahora la novena economía más grande del mundo, con un valor estimado de…
Colombia's Supreme Court hands down time bar judgment on BI insurance By Sascha Stullenberg, Anthony Menzies De acuerdo con el artículo 1081 del Código de Comercio colombiano, la prescripción ordinaria de las…
New Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Internal Control Rules for Costa Rica By Sascha Stullenberg, Anthony Menzies Fondo Después de la crisis financiera mundial del 2009, los reguladores internacionales llegaron…
D&O and Financial Institutions Newsletter - Winter 2017 By William Allison, Pippa Ellis, Richard Highley, Francesca Muscutt, Declan Finn, Graham Ludlam, Anthony Menzies, Jonathan Brogden DAC Beachcroft's D&O and FI newsletter features topical issues for our global clients and…
Latest developments in Brazil By Anthony Menzies Following Dilma Rouseff's impeachment last May, the Brazilian Congress, the Judiciary and the…
Mexico's new Free Zones will generate business opportunities for the London insurance market By Anthony Menzies In June 2016 Mexico enacted legislation enabling the establishment of free zones within ten of its…
Latest developments in Brazil By Anthony Menzies Tras la destitución de Dilma Rouseff en mayo pasado, el Legislativo brasileño, y los poderes…
Latin America Quarterly Update January 2017 By Anthony Menzies DAC Beachcroft's LatAm Quarterly Newsletter discusses topical news and issues in Latin America
Hanjin Shipping: Impact on Cargo Insurers By Anthony Menzies, Toby Vallance When the board of Hanjin Shipping voted unanimously to file for receivership at the end of August,…
50 Predictions: Marine, Energy & Transport By Anthony Menzies "Piracy continues to be one of the main threats to global shipping and the marine insurance market…
Latin America Quarterly Update July 2016 By Anthony Menzies DAC Beachcroft's LatAm Quarterly Newsletter discusses topical news and issues in Latin America
Telecommunications giant files for Brazil's biggest bankruptcy request By Anthony Menzies On 20 June 2016, Rio de Janeiro-based Oi SA, Brazil’s fourth-largest telecom company, filed the…
Gigante de las telecomunicaciones comienza la reorganización judicial más grande de Brasil By Anthony Menzies El 20 de junio de 2016 Oi SA, la cuarta empresa brasileña de telecomunicaciones, con sede en Río de…
Chile's power grid challenges By Anthony Menzies Latin American electricity demand is expected to double between 2010 and 2030, requiring USD430…
Retos del sistema de transmisión chileno By Anthony Menzies Se anticipa que la demanda de electricidad latinoamericana se duplique entre 2010 y 2030,…
Colombia's post FARC future By Anthony Menzies On 22 June 2016 the Marxist group, the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), signed a…
El futuro de Colombia post-FARC By Anthony Menzies El 22 de junio de 2016 el grupo marxista, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), firmó…
Mexico: Beyond the Energy Reforms By Anthony Menzies It has been two years since the enactment of Mexico's wide ranging energy market reforms and the…
México: Más allá de las Reformas Energéticas By Anthony Menzies Han transcurrido dos años desde que se aprobaron las amplias reformas del mercado energético…
Telecommunications giant files for Brazil's biggest bankruptcy request By Anthony Menzies Rio de Janeiro-based Oi SA, Brazil’s fourth-largest telecom company, filed on Monday 20 June 2016…
50 Predictions: Marine, Aviation & Transport / Energy By Anthony Menzies Making predictions about the future of the insurance market is not for the faint-hearted…
DAC Beachcroft Quarterly Marine Case Law Update - January 2015 By Anthony Menzies This edition covers the following cases:
Amlin Corporate Member Ltd & Ors v Oriental Assurance Corporation (the "Princess of the Stars") [2014] By Anthony Menzies The Court of Appeal has recently handed down judgment in what may prove to be the final chapter in…
DAC Beachcroft Quarterly Marine Case Law Update - April 2014 By Anthony Menzies Trafigura Beheer BV v. Navigazione Montanari SpA [2014] EWHC 129 (Comm)