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...
by Editor | Oct 27, 2025 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Countries around the world are scrambling to respond to a global trade war launched by Donald Trump, but the US-Canada relationship stands out as one of the most chaotic. Canada is one of America’s...
by Editor | Oct 27, 2025 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues, Principal + Agent
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Hopcraft v Close Brothers Ltd; Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd and Wrench v FirstRand Bank Ltd [2025] UKSC 33 The outcome of this recent Supreme Court decision turned on the question whether the law recognised a duty owed by a motor...
