Recent Cases

West Tankers Inc v Allianz SPA & Generali Assicurazione Generali SPA
Tue, 24/1/2012

In the latest round of the long-running Front Comor dispute, the Court of Appeal has held that a negative declaratory arbitration award (i.e. an award which does no more than make a declaration of non- liability) can be "enforced" under section 66 of the Arbitration Act 1996 even though it does not... Read more »

Stephen Males QC
Sara Masters
Star Reefers Pool Inc v JFC Group Co Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 14
Fri, 20/1/2012

The Court of Appeal today handed down judgment in an appeal concerning the scope of the court's power to grant anti-suit injunctions in circumstances where the foreign proceedings were not brought in breach of an English jurisdiction or arbitration clause.  In overturning the decision of Teare... Read more »

Lehman Brothers International (Europe) -&- (1) Steven Anthony Pearson (2) Anthony Victor Lomas (3) Michael John Andrew Jervis (4) Dan Yoram Schwarzmann and ors
Tue, 10/1/2012

 The Administrators of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) have successfully resisted an appeal to the Court of Appeal by another group company in a dispute as to title to a large number of securities held by the Administrators. Iain Milligan QC led the team acting for the Administrators. Read more »

PEC v THAI MAPARN
Tue, 13/12/2011

The issue in this case was whether a valid claim had been made for an extension of the delivery period in an FOB sale contract under the extension clause of GAFTA 120. This was the first case to consider this issue. Upholding the decision of the GAFTA Board of Appeal in an appeal under section 69... Read more »

Stephen Males QC
ED & F Man Sugar Ltd v Belmont Shipping Ltd
Fri, 9/12/2011

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Timothy Young QC
Edward Ho
Mukhtar Ablyazov v JSC BTA Bank
Thu, 8/12/2011

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Duncan Matthews QC
Parbulk II AS v PT Humpuss Intermoda Transportasi TBK
Wed, 30/11/2011

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Duncan Matthews QC
Charlotte Tan
WS Tankship II BV v Kwangju Bank Ltd; WS Tankship III BV v Seoul Guarantee Insurance Co; WS Tankship IV BV v Seoul Guarantee Insurance Co
Fri, 25/11/2011

This case concerned a series of refund guarantees provided in respect of three ship sale contracts. Unusually, more than one refund guarantee was provided in respect of each hull and there was more than one refund guarantor. Nevertheless, Blair J held that each refund guarantee covered all of the... Read more »

Henry Byam-Cook
A K Kablo Imalat San Ve Tic AS v Intamex SA
Wed, 16/11/2011

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Sean Snook
Parbulk II A/S v Heritage Maritime Ltd. SA
Wed, 9/11/2011

David Lewis acted for the Owners of the Mahakam in successfully resisting a s. 69 appeal by the Charterers against an award of US$27 million for wrongful early repudiation of a bareboat charter. The Charterers (represented by David Joseph QC) argued, in reliance upon an alleged principle of... Read more »

David Lewis