News & Updates

Demurrage Time Bar Clauses: requirements on 'Supporting Documents'

In the case of The Amalie Essberger [1] the High Court revisited the position on the requirements of demurrage time bar clauses and held the Owners’ demurrage claim not to be time-barred under an incorporated time bar provision. Trainee Solicitor...

Sailors' Society emergency campaign

CJC is a longstanding supporter of the Sailors’ Society, with Jacqueline Zalapa trustee and director of the organisation’s boards in England and Scotland. As the maritime industry faces up to coronavirus, we are also fully behind its new...

COVID-19's Implications on Shipping Contracts

On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organisation described COVID-19, the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" . On 11 March 2020, it was declared...

Supreme Court brings clarity on Atlantik Confidence

The Supreme Court has now handed down its judgment (neutral citation [2020] UKSC 11) in a long-running dispute between London Underwriters and Dutch bank Credit Europe Bank (CEB), in which Campbell Johnston Clark ("CJC") acted for the ultimately...

CJC represents the winning Bank in Supreme Court jurisdiction battle with Underwriters

A summary of the result can be found in the below press release from the Supreme Court today. CJC will comment fully on the judgment in a soon to be published article. https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2018-0229-press-summary.pdf ...

CJC supports the Centre for Maritime Law, National Law University Odisha, in India - a centre dedicated to excellence and research in maritime law

CJC was delighted to support the Centre for Maritime Law in India founded in 2015 by the National Law University Odisha to help promote research and growth in maritime law in India and bring together maritime experts from all across the globe. CJC’s...

It's all in the construction

The Court of Appeal judgment in Classic Maritime v. Limbugan Makmur in 2019 attracted commentary suggesting that a different approach ought to be adopted when applying the compensatory principle to the assessment of damages of an actual breach as compared...

Dual appointments strengthen CJC in Singapore

Campbell Johnson Clark (CJC) has confirmed two new appointments have reinforced expertise in two key areas of business at its Singapore office, after the appointment of Senior Associate William Pyle joining as Senior Associate and Solicitor Andrew Shannon. ...

Zero emissions: The Nuclear Option (Part 2)

In the second of a two part exploration (1) of the use and potential for nuclear propulsion, James Clayton looks at the regulatory and legal positions required to make nuclear powered merchant vessels a legitimate option for the shipping industry. ...

CJC Miami offers U.S. seafarer injury claims insight to ABA

With its unique focus, the American Bar Association book Damages Recoverable in Maritime Matters is now in its second edition, no doubt in part due to an important contribution from Chase Jansson, CJC Associate, Miami. Chase drew on one of her many areas...
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