the clerks ‘remain at the top of their game’
Legal 500 (2008)
Shipping
Recent shipping cases include
" Lowlands Orchid" - Cobelfret Bulk Carriers NV v. Swissmarine Services SA
In this case owners claimed demurrage from charterers. The issue was whether time counted during "super-holidays" at the discharge port. The recap provided "25,000 mt SHINC". The recap incorporated the terms of a pro-forma charterparty, clause 63 of which provided "25,... Read more »
Charles Kimmins QC Michael Ashcroft
The Kallang and The Duden
In two judgments delivered together on 19th November, the Commercial Court has made significant findings against the Senegalese subsidiary of the Axa group. The decisions strengthen the hand of shipowners seeking to counter what they regarded as an abusive practice in some West African ports of... Read more »
Alexander Layton QC Michael Collett Sarah Tresman
Publications
Voyage Charters
Co-author of a work in Lloyd's of London Press Maritime Law Library series entitled "Voyage Charters" (LLP- 1993 and 2006).
London Maritime Arbitration
London Maritime Arbitration (2nd Edition, LLP, 2002, Clare Ambrose and Karen Maxwell)
