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Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) plc v RAV Bahamas Ltd - [2024] UKPC 11 (Lord Briggs, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows and Lord Stephens) - 21 May 2024

Theft of vessel from marina - Whether operator of marina owed a duty of care in tort to prevent theft - Whether operator under a contractual duty of care
Online Published Date:  05 July 2024
Appeared in issue:  1163 - 05 July 2024

Argentum Exploration Ltd v Republic of South Africa - [2024] UKSC 16, United Kingdom Supreme Court (Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Briggs, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt and Lord Richards) - 8 May 2024

Salvage - Sovereign immunity - Salvaged silver bars - Customary international law - Meaning of phrase "in use or intended for use for commercial purposes" in relation to cargo - Meaning of "wreck" - Powers of Receiver of Wreck - State Immunity Act 1978, sections 10 and 13 - Merchant Shipping Act 1995, sections 236 and 239
Online Published Date:  05 July 2024
Appeared in issue:  1163 - 05 July 2024

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