by Editor | Jan 12, 2026 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. The British International Freight Association (BIFA) Standard Trading Conditions for 2025 are now published and being used. The great majority of forwarders in the UK are members of BIFA and it follows that the great majority of...
by Editor | Jan 5, 2026 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London King Crude Carriers SA v Ridgebury November LLC [2025] UKSC 39 The focus of this appeal was on the decision of the House of Lords in the Scottish case of Mackay v Dick (1881) 6 App Cas 251. Sitting as a panel of three, there were two...
by Editor | Dec 22, 2025 | Commercial Issues
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Al Saud v Gibbs [2024] EWHC 356 (Comm), at para. 117, Calver J. This case contains a short but useful discussion of contractual estoppel, as it is often called, being the principle which holds the parties to their agreement that a...
by Editor | Dec 16, 2025 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Skyros Maritime Corporation v Hapag-Lloyd AG (Re ‘SKYROS’ & ‘AGIOS MINAS’) [2025] EWCA Civ 1529 In this case the defendant charterers argued that the particular arrangements which the owner had made for...
by Editor | Nov 18, 2025 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues, Insurance
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. Ref: Amlin Marine Nv v King Trader Limited and others – Court of Appeal “Pay to be paid” clause in policies of marine insurance are ancient and widespread and recently were the subject of scrutiny by the Court of Appeal in a...
by Editor | Nov 10, 2025 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai US-China maritime trade relations continue to evolve rapidly. The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a series of notices (covered in our article, USTR Section 301 Fee and Tariff Measures and Their Impact to...
