News & Updates

Demurrage liquidates all damages suffered by owners as a result of charterers’ failure to complete cargo operations within laytime – for now at least. Neil Jackson provides the details. Please click  here  to access the full...

Campbell Johnston Clark recently acted for Charterers in the English High Court successfully bringing an appeal under s69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 against the award of an LMAA Tribunal concerning off-hire following the failure of a vessel’s cargo...

Following low uptake of the BIMCO CII Operations Clause, Ian Short , CJC Director, asks whether it is the time to “think outside the box” and challenge traditional shipping and legal concepts to marry increasing environmental concerns with...

Clear and present legal issues emerge for UK fisheries as two areas of law with sustainability at their core create a conflict for stakeholders in the marine space surrounding the United Kingdom. Please click  here  to access the full...

In Trafigura Pte Ltd v TKK Shipping Ltd, the High Court considered  the calculation of the limitation sum under Hague Visby Rules when both physical damage and economic loss have been incurred to the cargo. The Court declined to follow the previous...

Where a charterparty clause states that no deductions from hire can be made without the consent of Owners, can Charterers nevertheless withhold payment of hire if the Vessel may be off-hire at the instalment date, on the grounds that the non-payment of hire...

The ‘separability principle’ – whereby an arbitration agreement contained in a fixture recap may be treated as independent to the remainder of the charterparty – was considered by the Court of Appeal in its recent decision to set...

CJC recently acted for the Defendants in successfully defending a novel pair of applications by Claims for (i) an anti-suit injunction application and (ii) an application to preserve proceeds from another matter in arbitration proceedings in the UK. Allen...

A recent London Arbitration award reviewed owner entitlement to claim loss of profits from a missed follow-on fixture, in the case of absent specific knowledge at the time of entering into the charterparty. A report by Henry Setiono , Senior Associate. ...

A joint Shipping Professional Network of London and Campbell Johnston Clark event saw a full house at CJC’s London offices in late February, attracted to an in-depth discussion on the recent trends on green ship recycling. Please click  here...