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Yangtze Navigation (Asia) Co Ltd & others v TPT Shipping Ltd & Others (the "Xing Zhi Hai")

Article – LOIs and the paper they’re written on Yangtze Navigation (Asia) Co Ltd & others  v TPT Shipping Ltd & Others  (the “Xing Zhi Hai”) CJC’s Ian Short and Richard Guy acted for TPT Forests Ltd, the...

Royal assent for HMS Wellington

His Majesty the King has approved the renaming of HQS Wellington to ‘HMS Wellington (1934)’, with the historic vessel reverting to the original name given when she was commissioned as a Royal Navy warship in 1934. Wellington is the last...

Celebrating the Workboat Association at 30

CJC was delighted to send a strong contingent to celebrate the 30 th anniversary of the Workboat Association on September 9 th . Helen McCormick , CJC Director , Charlotte Ward , Head of Marketing and Dimitris Kroustallis , Trainee Solicitor joined...

Follow-up hit for Collision Workshop

Campbell Johnston Clark held a second Collision Workshop at its London office on 18th September in response to oversubscription to its original event in July. A new audience took part in an interactive session which aims to bring a casualty scenario to life....

Salvors denied long gone silver

Salvors Argentum Exploration were denied in rem action against Republic of South Africa over a claim for WWI cargo of silver bullion that sank with SS TILAWA, on the basis of state immunity. CJC Managing Associate  Kate Law , explains Argentum...

Masters and the Merchant Shipping Act

A recent Workboat Association Safety Forum highlighted concern over the lack of awareness among Masters working in UK waters of the full extent of their legal responsibilities. Stephen Angove , CJC Senior Associate & Master Mariner was among the...

Hedging and mitigation revisited

The Court of Appeal heard and dismissed an argument made on behalf of Rhine Shipping DMCC that the Commercial Court had erred in holding that the effect of internal hedging arrangements on the losses claimed by a commodities trader were irrelevant in...

The unpaid S&P deposit, debt and the Norwegian Saleform

The world of second-hand ship sale and purchase recently became the proving ground for the principle that a person should not be permitted in law to profit from their own wrongdoing. Stuart Plotnek outlines an important Court of Appeal decision in...

Pay to be paid rule upheld again

The English High Court recently reaffirmed the validity of the pay to be paid rule in the context of marine insurance, rejecting an attempt to distinguish between mutual P&I and fixed premium policies issued by commercial insurers. Campbell Johnston...

In position at global tugboat gathering

Helen McCormick sustained CJC’s special focus on workboats in May by attending the 27th International Tug and Salvage Convention in Dubai. In common with other vessel types, tugs are experiencing unusual levels of public attention - whether due to...
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