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…
Political Unrest in Latin America - The 2023 Outlook By Anthony Menzies, Franc Gozalvez Latin America is no stranger to unrest…
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…
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…
Third party rights: Chudley & Ors v Clydesdale Bank PLC By Franc Gozalvez The recent judgment handed down by the Court of Appeal in Chudley & Ors v Clydesdale Bank PLC …
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…
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…
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…