Casualty Notices
TIANJIN WARHOUSE EXPLOSION; THE AFTERMATH 1 September 2015

The media coverage is now familiar to us. From above, it appears like a meteor impact: spectacular and horrific in equal measure. Then there’s the images of smouldering, blackened, twisted metal that used to be thousands of shipping containers each carrying cargo either to or from international markets through the world’s tenth largest container port.

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DON’T LITIGATE IF YOU CAN NEGOTIATE 31 July 2015

Insurers may take an approach to larger claims where, because of the projected size and complexity of the case, lawyers are appointed immediately. It is not an unreasonable assumption that claims of, say, over USD1 million dollars are likely to turn legal and have to be vigorously prosecuted through the courts. After all, noone expects an opponent to happily hand over a seven-figure sum without first offering some robust resistance.

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Increase in limits of liability for air carriage under the Montreal Convention with effect 28th December 2024 23/12/2024
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