Admiralty Sales – Can you stop them?
I won’t mention the “C” word in this article. Suffice to say, it’s now early April 2020 (for those reading in the future) and it’s...
Contract ambiguity – When Part I and Part II collide
It’s not often that I end up reading US appeal Court judgments, but there was an article in the Law Society Gazette last month which...
A platinum-coated mess reaches the Commercial Court
As any student (or former student) of chemistry will know, palladium forms one of the platinum group elements in the Periodic Table. And...
Land Tribunal Decision Affecting Pendennis
In a judgment handed down on 24 November 2017, Pendennis Shipyard learned the outcome of its application to the Upper Tribunal (Lands...
M/S ‘New Flamenco’ – Have your cake and eat it?
Picture this scenario – you charter a cruise ship. It’s all going well, so you decide to extend the charter period by a further 2 years,...
Can a Letter of Intent “morph” into a binding contract?
It has become fairly commonplace in the yachting industry to see letters of intent being used to “secure” a deal, or an exclusivity...
Aircraft arrest and judgment in default – Court of Appeal rules in contractual claim
In the recent Court of Appeal case of Dubai Financial Group LLC v National Air Services Limited, the appellant, NAS, succeeded in having...
Setback for Cammell Laird windfarm servicing business on Merseyside
In a judgment published on 6 May 2016, the Planning Court of the High Court of Justice quashed a decision of the Planning Inspector to...
Private yacht use and benefit in kind – tax Tribunal ruling a salutary reminder of the law
The recent (March 2016) Tribunal ruling concerning the private use of a yacht provides a salutary reminder (if one were needed) of the...
When is a National Park not a National Park?
The High Court’s ruling this month (April 2016) in a claim for judicial review brought by Norfolk landowners Mr Timothy Charles Harris...
