News & Updates

In the recent judgment in Sharp Corp Ltd v Viterra BV  [2024] UKSC 14, the Supreme Court upheld the Sellers’ appeal, confirming that the Court of Appeal had exceeded its jurisdiction under the Arbitration Act 1996. It also provided welcome...

No excuse is thought necessary for looking back to the Young Maritime Lawyers Conference in the Netherlands over the summer, especially since it offers an opportunity to encourage participation in next year’s event in Belgium. The Rotterdam event...

Jacqueline Zalapa has once more been invited to speak at the Maritime SheEO Conference in Mumbai, which this year takes place on 15th November. CJC Director Jacqueline will also serve on the judging panel for the SheEO Awards, whose presentation...

This has been a busy quarter for appointments across CJC’s international teams, with new members of staff joining our offices in the UK, the United States and Asia. Christy Ho , CJC Singapore and Marissa Lenoir , CJC Miami both join the firm...

Campbell Johnston Clark has improved its position in the Chambers & Partner 2025 UK Rankings, in a move reflecting the good work being done across the firm by the entire team since the last edition of the respected publication. Chambers notified CJC in...

Questions concerning the sale and purchase of second-hand vessels have been before the English courts again, resulting in an interesting judgment on damages.  Following King Crude Carriers SA v Ridgebury November LLC (2023) (see HERE ), Orion...

Recent and imminent efforts to raise money for good causes are ensuring that free time is not necessarily being used for leisure by members of the CJC team. Alistair Johnston , Paul Crockford of Starr Insurance Companies and Wilco Alberda of Smit put...

CJC’s Ian Short and Richard Guy acted for TPT Forests Ltd, the successful party that applied under Part 11 for the setting aside of service out of the jurisdiction of the Claimants’ claim form, in Yangtze Navigation (Asia) Co Ltd &...

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...

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...