HomeMarketsCharteringInvitation to an LSLC seminar on Liens on sub-freights and sub-hires -Shipowners’ self-help remedies – 22nd October 2025 at 6.00pm
Invitation to an LSLC seminar on Liens on sub-freights and sub-hires -Shipowners’ self-help remedies – 22nd October 2025 at 6.00pm
Introduction In The Miramar, Mustill J said it has “been a feature of shipping practice for many years that the shipowner looks primarily to his lien in case of dispute”. But how true is this today?
This seminar seeks to elucidate the workings of various self-help remedies which may be the shipowner’s first port of call in cases where it is owned monies by its charterer.
An expert panel of shipping practitioners will consider the circumstances in which a shipowner may exercise a lien on sub-freights and sub-hires; call for the redirection of bill of lading freight; and lien cargoes at the port of delivery.
Specific issues for discussion: – What are liens on sub-freights and sub-hires, when and how are they effective, and when are they ineffective?
– When and how can an owner of a chartered ship recover bill of lading freight from those liable for it? What is the effect in this connection of bills of lading being marked “freight pre-paid”?
– Will charterparty clauses providing for liens on cargoes always bind the consignee?
Chairman: The Right Honourable Sir Julian Flaux, Chancellor of the High Court.
Panellists: Stephen Kenny KC, Barrister – 7KBW Thor Maalouf, Partner– Reed Smith Mark Jones, Barrister – 36 Stone
Date: Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Time: 6.00pm – 7.30pm Venue: The IDRC, 1 Paternoster Lane, London, EC4M 7BQ
