Shipping e-brief July 2008

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Shipping

 

Damages for late redelivery - The Achilleas

The "disparity principle" and the appropriate levels of salvage awards in rescue towage cases

Package limitation under the Hague-Visby Rules Article IV Rule 5(a): when are goods lost or damaged?

Collision claim - damages for loss of use - method of assessment

No implied right to change voyage orders under ASBATANKVOY form

Can a shipowner claim common law damages from a yard that has failed to build and deliver a vessel?

Salvage: why no state immunity for the Iraqi government?

Demurrage and responsibility for stowage and reversibility of laytime

Bailment in Hong Kong - delegation to independent sub-contractor does not absolve bailee from responsibility

German Law: liability in multimodal transport - beginning and end of carriage by sea clarified

Delay and the risk of inconsistent decisions leading to discontinuance of an anti-suit injunction in London

Rule B Attachment - not an alternative to seeking security for costs

 

Commercial Litigation

 

Freezing injunctions under the Arbitration Act 1996

Part 36: is it worth the fight?

Business & Finance

Employment Update