EDITORIAL
Updated IGP&I Letters of indemnity

ANALYSIS OF RECENT CASES AND CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS

The extent of insurable interest in cargo
JOHN DUNT
Quadra Commodities SA v XL Insurance Company SE
[2022] EWHC 431 (Comm),
[2022] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 541,
[2023] EWCA Civ 432 (CA),
[2023] Lloyd’s Rep IR 455

Sanctions clause redux
RICHARD L KILPATRICK JR
Kuvera Resources LTD v JP Morgan Chase Bank NA
[2023] SGCA 28

Amended claims in remand the variation of arrest warrants
RUSSELL WHANG
The Jeil Crystal
[2022] 2 SLR 1385

ARTICLES
The time limitation period of the Hague-Visby Rules – are there limits to its application?
GEORGE THEOCHARIDIS
Professor of Maritime Law and Policy,World Maritime University (IMO)

In The Giant Ace* the Court of Appeal considered whether the one-year time bar in the HagueVisby Rules defeated a mis-delivery claim post-discharge  – this article does not agree with the court’s conclusion.

NATIONAL REPORTS
Application of the doctrine of novus actus interveniens in the Chinese law of ship collision
SINHYOK PAK,
PROSHANTO K MUKHERJEE
Dalian Maritime University Law School, China
This article looks at causation in the general law of negligence as it obtains in Chinese court decisions involving ship collisions.

The application of the Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023
DAN SMITH
Master Mariner, University of Portsmouth

This article finds that their remain lacuna in the law under the Order which introduces criminal liability to personal watercraft operators for certain offences.

INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS

IMO –The IOPC Funds: meeting of the Governing Bodies (November 2023)
Patrick Griggs

BOOK REVIEW
The Straight Bill of Lading
Michiel Spanjaart

Index of cases

Index of legislation

Index