What is in this Bulletin?

• Ceto Shipping Corporation v Savory Shipping Inc (M/T  “VICTOR 1”) [2024] EWHC 663 (Comm)
  • Anti-suit injunction in favour of an exclusive jurisdiction agreement.
  • Anti-suit injunction to counter duplicity of proceedings in two jurisdictions.
  • Mandatory order to consent to a stay application in a foreign court in favour of an exclusive English jurisdiction agreement.
  • Admiralty in rem claim in a foreign court against the proceeds of a judicial sale of a vessel there, when the underlying dispute is subject to an exclusive English jurisdiction agreement.
• Luster Maritime SA and another v SMIT Salvage BV and  others (M.V. “EVER GIVEN”) [2024] EWCA Civ 260
  • Effect of reaching agreement on certain terms only in the course of negotiations for an intended full contract.
  • Effect of reaching an agreement on salvors’ remuneration terms in the course of negotiating a full contract on an amended WRECKHIRE 2010 form.