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Recent Articles
Goods in Transit – 6th Edition
The new 6th Edition of GOODS IN TRANSIT, by our Member in London Paul Bugden, published by Sweet and Maxwell, is now available for purchase in e-book, hardbound, and package versions. From the Foreword to the 6th Edition, by Jon Elvey, President of the London Maritime...
Unjust Enrichment: Rogers v Wills
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Rogers v Wills [2025] EWHC 1367 (Ch), Ch D HHJ Mathews. It is not uncommon in transport law matters for the law of unjust enrichment to be engaged where the carrier finds that he has no contract with the merchant for the relevant...
UNCITRAL Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents
John Habergham, Weightmans LLP, Hull U.K. The Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents (the Convention) is is the work of The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) over the last few years. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly in October...
Owners v Charterers – Sino East v Grand Amazon
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Sino East Transportation Ltd v Grand Amazon Shipping Ltd [2025] EWHC 1990 (Comm) Henshaw J. This was an appeal from an arbitral award on the issue as to whether an owner could claim an indemnity from a time charterer under a...
Rukhadze v Recovery Partners – Agent’s unauthorized profits
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Rukhadze v Recovery Partners GP Ltd [2025] UKSC 10 The issue of an account for unauthorised profit will arise in a variety of situations; perhaps the most obvious situation in the context of this forum is of course where an agent...
Perils of service (or not) of an NOR
John Habergham, Weightmans LLP, Hull U.K. A couple of years ago I conducted a typical LMAA arbitration about laytime and demurrage. It was all about the service of the Notice of Readiness ("NOR"). It surprised me to find that there is no actual authority as to when,...
Berge Bulk Shipping – The Undisclosed Principal Rule
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Berge Bulk Shipping PTE Ltd v Taumata Plantations Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 876 The issue in this appeal was whether the English court had jurisdiction in respect of claims brought by the appellant, the disponent owner of two vessels,...
Is Damage to Packaging Damage to Cargo?
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada In cargo claims we rarely have to stop to consider the meaning of the word “goods”. Consider, however, a claim for cargo damage following a casualty in which the only physical damage sustained was...
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