Anti Bribery and Corruption Laws Compliance in Offshore Contracting
Paying bribes, “facilitation” payments or so called “consultancy fees” to win contracts or to facilitate project execution is a criminal offence in many jurisdictions that
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The language of an arbitration
This note concerns an arbitration under Dutch law between seventeen cargo claimants domiciled outside the Netherlands and two ship owners, one of whom was domiciled
“On demand” guarantee – restraining a party from making a call
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION,TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT[2013] EWHC 3201 (TCC) Before : MR. JUSTICE EDWARDS-STUART Between: Doosan Babcock Limited as Claimant
Supplytime 2005; Validity of knock for knock under Dutch law
THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE HAGUE, 11 December 2012, Case no. 200.079.897/01 “VOS SYMPATHY”Judges: M.M. Olthof, A.A. Rijperman and R. van der Vlist Dana
Supplytime 89 Clause 10.e.: Owners’ right to suspend operations
THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, [2012] EWHC 3468 (Comm), December 5, 2012 “GREATSHIP DHRITI” Judge: MRS JUSTICE GLOSTER, DBE Greatship (India) Limited v Oceanografia SA
Deepwater Horizon extent of insurance cover
THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUITNo 12-30230March 1, 2013 “DEEPWATER HORIZON” Ranger Insurance Limited et al v BP et al The
The construction of the expression “en route” in Marpol II
The paper that can be downloaded by opening this page and clicking here contains a discussion of the judgement of the Amsterdam District Court of 1 June
Ship arrest in the Netherlands
The Netherlands is a jurisdiction in which it is easy to arrest ships. In the paper that can be downloaded by clicking open this page
The construction in the Netherlands of Art. 3(1) (4) of the Arrest Convention 1952
Over the years some uncertainty has existed in the Netherlands concerning the construction of Article 3.1. and 3.4. of the Arrest Convention 1952, where it
H(V)R – Under Dutch law Containers provided by the carrier are part of the Vessel
In its judgement of February 1, 2008 regarding the NDS PROVIDER the Supreme Court of the Netherlands held that the purpose of the duty of