London maritime arbitration adapts to the changing times English law remains ‘lex franca of the maritime world’ A special webinar entitled ‘Maritime Arbitration in London – Present and Future Challenges’, hosted…
How London Could Become Europe’s Arbitration Hub 29 April 2021 – During the transition period when a no-deal Brexit seemed possible, optimists looked to Singapore, suggesting that the City of…
Dr Aleka Mandaraka-Sheppard* on Legal Shipping Challenges: an interview with John Faraclas I was more than privileged twenty years ago to receive a copy of her Modern Admiralty Law** in…
Elina Souli’s inspiring interview to Anny Zade An inspiring and passionate woman leader, Elina Souli* covers all you need to know on P&I Club matters at a crucial time, not…
Baltic Exchange ICS Webinar Series 4 Lecture 2: The Market and Maritime Arbitration – “A Recap and Some Possible Future Positions” In our upcoming Baltic Exchange-Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers lecture,…
LSLC, HFW and 4 Pump Court Webinar on Halliburton v Chubb – Tomorrow LSLC INVITES YOU TO THEIR NINTH LIVE WEBINAR ON: TUESDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2020 AT 12.00PM GMT Does…
WEBINAR | Does the Post Halliburton landscape provide “closure on disclosure” for appointments in London Maritime arbitration? HFW in association with the London Shipping Law Centre (LSLC) and 4 Pump…
Optics and Context in Arbitral Appointments: A Review of the UK Supreme Court Judgment in Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd November 2020 In its landmark decision today the…
HFW Represents LMAA In Landmark UK Supreme Court Case Global, sector-focused law firm HFW represented the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) in the landmark UK Supreme Court case of Halliburton v…
HFW Research: London Has Over 80% Share Of Global Maritime Arbitration Market Research by global, sector-focused law firm HFW has found that London continues to dominate the market for international…
Mild dive of all dry indices except Handies’ ace…plus! The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) fell 24 points since last Friday the 24th of July and now stands at 1,293 –…
Contracts and courts: a trip around the world of arbitration enforcement Enforcement of Arbitration Awards in different jurisdictions attracted an international audience for the London Shipping Law Centre’s first ever…
English Commercial Court upholds supremacy of arbitration June 2020 Commercial Court upholds supremacy of arbitration and overturns section 44(3) of the Arbitration Act 1996 injunction – not deemed “necessary” and…
LSLC Webinar: Enforcement of Arbitration Awards in different jurisdictions The Centre in association with Norton Rose Fulbright welcomes memeber and other Shipping professionals to our 1st monthly webinar in the 2020 programme …
We have the pleasure to inform you that the new Board of Directors of PAMA* (The Piraeus Association for Maritime Arbitration) which emerged from the recent Elections – 28 March…
HFW Insurance Bulletin: March 2019 – Edition 2 In this issue: Regulation and legislation; Court cases and arbitration; Market Developments; HFW publications and events. 1. Regulation and legislation EU: No-deal…
HFW Insurance Bulletin: February 2019 – Edition 1 In this issue: Regulation and legislation; Court cases and arbitration; Market Developments; HFW publications and events. 1. Regulation and legislation UK: Agreement…
In this issue: Court cases and arbitration; Market Developments 1. Court cases and arbitration England & Wales: Making sense of jurisdiction clauses 2. Market developments UK: Pool Re withdraws terror…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) ended today’s trading at 1,167 points, up 21 thanks to the Panamaxes as the Capers advance was minimal. Geopolitics more than turbulent suggesting CAUTION for…
Adam & Eve & Arbitration There are still arbitration clauses that contain arcane language requiring arbitrators to be “commercial men”. In this article we examine how the English courts have…
The Court in Dainford Navigation Inc v PDVSA Petroleo SA1 considered an application pursuant to section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the Act) for the sale of a crude oil…
An exceptional event “How Does Arbitration Support London?” took place earlier on tonight at the DLA Piper premises in the City of London. The event was organised by the London…
Arbitration is an extremely popular method of commercial dispute resolution. Many international contracts will include an arbitration clause (referred to as an arbitration agreement) by which the parties agree to…
The LMAA Terms 2017 by Ioanna Vitta & Stella Petritsi The LMAA has released updated versions of the LMAA main Terms, Small Claims Procedure and Intermediate Claims Procedure, which apply to…
Insight Introduction of the LMAA 2017 Terms Earlier this year, the LMAA published updated terms and procedures which it announced would come into effect for appointments made on or…