DECEMBER 2014 LEGAL LOOKOUT ARTICLE

DECEMBER 2014 LEGAL LOOKOUT ARTICLE

Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Arbitration clauses can’t be unconscionable, at least within the Ninth Circuit. As with many other industries, shipping and logistics contracts quite frequently contain mandatory arbitration clauses designed to expedite and avoid...
Unrepaired Damage to Assets

Unrepaired Damage to Assets

Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Waterdance Limited v Kingston Marine Services Limited [2014] EWHC 224 (TCC) Stuart-Smith J. The Joy of Ladram was a Beam Trawler owned by the Claimants engaged in commercial fishing. She suffered damage to her engine caused by...
Agreements to Agree and Agreements to Negotiate

Agreements to Agree and Agreements to Negotiate

Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Longer term contracts in the field of logistics, freight forwarding and international sale and supply of goods very commonly include stipulations requiring the parties to negotiate, and even reach agreement, upon various matters...