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Update on Ship Arrest in Australia – Hidden Arrest Proceedings

This short note is to update our clients and contacts in relation to revised ship arrest filing procedures recently adopted by the Federal Court of Australia, which mean that arrest proceedings won't be known until the...more

Shipping Group Monthly Bulletin - July 2011

In This Issue: BIMCO...3 BIMCO publishes Wreckhire 2010...3 CIVIL PROCEDURE...4 High Court grants relief from sanctions where the deadline for service of a witness statement was a bank holiday,...more

Shipping Newsletter - December 2010, Issue 27

IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Can a Vessel be arrested for a Forward Freight Agreement claim in China? 2. Changes to Port State Controls 3. A Second Bite at the Litigation Cherry: “Collateral Attack” 4. The Maritime Labour...more

Poisoned Well Is a Poor Fate For Anyone

When bureaucrats decide to pile on the charges a seafarer stands little chance of justice.Bureaucracy trampled a seafarer because it could. New Zealand uses its Commission law as a barrier to justice just as effectively as...more