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The Directors and Managers of the UK Defence Club are deeply saddened by the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Our appreciation for her service over her eight decade reign is impossible to convey. We…

As advised in our previous update, on 10th August, 2022, the EU published updated FAQs (the “August FAQs”) clarifying the application of provisions (more particularly Article 3i and 3j of Council…

The UK Defence Club has announced that it is appointing Paul Herring to the newly created position of Legal Director as of 20th September, 2022.   In this role, Paul will focus on growing the…

Although there has been a welter of material generated in relation to the effects of Covid on a variety of shipping contracts, very little if anything has been said about its effects on the sale and…

On 6th October, 2022 the EU adopted an eighth package of sanctions against Russia. The relevant legislation can be found here.  In particular, Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1904 (“the…

The G7 nations have agreed to implement a coordinated price cap on the sale price of oil to reduce the extent of price increases. Details of how the price cap will operate, along with its interaction…

In time charterparties, it is common to find a clause along the following lines: “Vessel’s holds on arrival at first load port(s) to be clean, dry, free of rust and/or scale and cargo residues and…

The CII regulations come into force on 1st January, 2023 and will rate ships A, B, C, D or E on the basis of the intensity of their carbon emissions. The way that a ship is operated (speed, amount of…

The historic doctrines of champerty and maintenance, which essentially prohibit third-party litigation and arbitration funding, have been amended and/or phased out in a number of jurisdictions,…

The separability principle, as set out at section 7 of the Arbitration Act 1996, essentially provides that an arbitration agreement is, or must be treated as, a contract which is separate from the…