“In a time charter providing for redelivery on dropping outward sea pilot, it was held that redelivery nevertheless took place in port, once Charterers had given up their use of the vessel (and the Master had signed a redelivery certificate). Charterers' subsequent arrest of the vessel therefore did not give rise to a claim for hire. The High Court declined to give Owners leave to appeal.”

“A Notice of Abandonment issued by Owners to Insurers several months following a vessel's casualty was held to be effective, and Owners were therefore able to succeed in showing that the vessel was a complete total loss.”

“In a case of underperformance due to a prolonged stay in tropical waters, it is not a defence for owners to say that underperformance resulted from compliance with charterers' orders, unless the cause was a risk which owners had not assumed in the contract.”

“After securing a £30 million settlement from a global energy company in relation to a chemical waste spill, a law firm was held to have breached its duty of care towards a claimant by exposingthe settlement fund in a foreign bank to a dishonest third party organisation claimingto act on behalf of the victims.”

“A provision requiring that any amendment to an agreement be in writing was held to be unenforceable; such a clause can in fact be varied by oral agreement or by conduct.”

“In an LOU dispute between Owners and Charterers' P&I Club, the LOU's use of the words "liberty to apply" did not mean undersecured Owners could apply to the Court for an increase in the amount of the LOU. Any right to enforce an increase in the amount of security lay against Charterers and not against the P&I Club directly, and in the event security was inadequate, Owners were not prevented from arresting Charterers' assets.”