Piracy Update: Conwartime, Piracy, and Owners' Obligations Revisited

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:04 GMT

A recent decision of the Commercial Court in London (handed down on 8 November 2011) has clarified the limits of a shipowner's obligation under the Conwartime 1993 clauses to obey his charterer's orders to navigate waters rendered parlous because of the threat of piracy. Although the reasoning of Teare J in The Triton Lark1 differs from the analysis we have previously adopted, ultimately both cons...

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Piracy Update: Conwartime, Piracy, and Owners' Obligations Revisited