7/30/2024 11:25:44 AM Recovering rockets at sea: the intersection of space law and maritime law By Han Deng Julia Norsetter This article provides an overview of the legal issues related to the maritime recovery of reusable rockets, which is an emerging practice...
11/30/2023 5:32:32 PM New CBP Jones Act Ruling Prevents Release of Vapor from LNG Loaded at 1st U.S. Port during Loading at 2nd U.S. Port By Alice Colarossi The Jones Act is a challenge for the LNG industry in the United States. The Jones Act requires that all vessels used to transport...
10/26/2023 9:33:15 AM French Tonnage Tax regime saved by Government’s 49.3 move in Parliament By Benoît Bernard Romain Farnoux Antoine Maniglier Threatened with abrogation by numerous amendments submitted by opposition MPs during the examination of the Finance Bill for 2024, the...
9/19/2023 11:26:08 AM Insights from Reed Smith’s London International Shipping Week event: Managing your supply chain risk By Nick Austin Alexander Brandt Thor Maalouf Navigating the turbulent waters of the global supply chain from geopolitical uncertainty, to evolving sanctions, and the adoption of...
8/9/2023 3:34:57 PM Singapore Court of Appeal clarifies the proper interpretation of Rule 9(a) of the Collision Regulations By Jonathan Lim In The “Navigator Aries” [2023] SGCA 20, the Singapore Court of Appeal (the “CA”) clarified that Rule 9(a) of the International...
6/30/2023 11:41:43 AM New Code of Private Maritime Law – Maritime law in the 21st century By Sally-Ann Underhill Spiros Zavitsas Dimitris Athanasopoulos This article was first published in Naftemporiki. The New Code of Private Maritime Law enacted by Law 5020/2023 (the “New Code”), which...
5/30/2023 3:02:33 PM The reform of the UK Tonnage Tax regime and its implications By Spiros Zavitsas Alexander Rackow The government used the Spring Budget 2023 to confirm three significant amendments to the UK Tonnage Tax regime: Opening an 18-month...
3/29/2023 9:46:36 AM How the new “BBNJ” or “high seas” treaty may soon result in new obligations for the private sector By Alice Colarossi The President of the United Nations (“UN”) intergovernmental conference (“IGC”) on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (“BBNJ”),...
3/7/2023 2:10:10 PM New United Nations treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) By Alice Colarossi A historic agreement was reached at the United Nations (“UN”) in New York on Saturday, March 4th, 2023 on the text of a new treaty for...
3/30/2022 4:52:27 PM Solving the ‘possession’ problem – Law Commission publishes draft legislation for the legal recognition of electronic trade documents By Sofia Papaspyropoulou Nick Austin In our October 2021 blog “Possession as we (don’t) know it!”, we discussed the existing position under English law in respect of...
10/14/2021 4:23:39 PM Possession as we (don’t) know it! By Nick Austin Athina Douni Possession and tangibility are closely related concepts long established under English law. Yet a change to these concepts is around the...