English law recognises informal contracts concluded over email but in the absence of a signed document, when is a contract deemed to be binding if one of the parties denies one was ever agreed? The facts of the well-known grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal on 21 March 2021 have given rise to a dispute where the English High Court considered the question in a salvage context. CJC Senior Associate, Kaan Polat, provides an overview.

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Kaan Polat                                         
Senior Associate                                 
kaan@cjclaw.com