Defendants often argue that their breach of contract created no loss, or that injury resulted at least partly from something other than their breach of duty. In these senses legal causation is a routine topic, hosting familiar issues. It is less common to find it at the heart of a dispute on the measure of damages and mitigation, but that was ...

In its 10 May decision in the "OCEAN VICTORY" ([2017] UKSC 35) the Supreme Court addressed two familiar topics of great importance in shipping and international trade - safe port and tonnage limitation - and by its ruling on joint insurance it has probably added a third. This article discusses the significance of the outcome on each point. Facts ...

M Taher & Co Solicitors recently hosted the First Maritime Conference on Business Opportunities in Iran-Post Sanctions, in collaboration with the Greek publication Naftika Chronika. The event was held in Piraeus, Greece, on Thursday 16 February 2017, under the auspices of the Piraeus Marine Club and was very well attended by leading Greek ship-owners; ship-managers; insurers; P&I Club Managers and ...

OFAC is amending the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 560 (ITSR) to expand the scope of medical devices and agricultural commodities generally authorized for export or re-export to Iran pursuant to the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, as amended. This amendment also includes new or expanded authorisations related to training, replacement parts, software and services for ...