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Maritime Law
Association of Singapore
presents
Sparring the Astra:
Is the law on payment of hire clear
cut again?
A Talk by Professor Filippo Lorenzon
Followed by
Annual General Meeting &
Networking Dinner
Complimentary for all MLAS Members
Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2015
|
Time: 5pm |
Venue: NTUC Building Meeting Room 801
www.mlas.org.sg
Professor
Filippo Lorenzon
About this talk
Programme
Outline
Filippo Lorenzon is a Professor of Maritime and Commercial Law at the University of
Southampton and the former Director of the Institute of Maritime Law (2010-2014). He
is also Visiting Professor at ECUPL in Shanghai and at the University of Cagliari (Italy)
as well as at several international training centres worldwide. He has a LL.D. (Triest,
Italy) and a LL.M. (Soton) and is fully qualified as an Avvocato in Italy and as a Solicitor
in England and Wales. Filippo is a Member of the ICC (UK) Committee on Transport
and Logistics, the Italian Maritime Law Association (AIDiM), the British Maritime Law
Association (BMLA), the European Maritime Law Organisation (EMLO) and the
International Bar Association (IBA). Filippo is a Consultant with Campbell Johnston
Clark Ltd. in London.
Until 2013, it was widely believed that the hire payment clause found in the NYPE form
was an innominate term, unable per se to allow termination in case of late payment. In
The Astra [2013] EWHC 865 (Comm), Flaux J concluded that a clause demanding
punctual payment of hire was a condition of the contract and therefore failure to
comply with it allows shipowners to terminate the charterparty. On 18 March 2015,
Popplewell J reached a different conclusion in Spar Shipping AS v. Grand China
Logistics Holding (Group) Co. Ltd [2015] EWHC 718; where timely payment of hire by
the charterers was held not to be a condition. Has Spar Shipping now restored the
position and is the law on payment of hire clear again? Come join us and hear Prof
Filippo Lorenzon discuss the impact of this recent case.
4.30pm to 5.00pm
Registration
5.00pm to 5.10pm
Welcome by President
5.10pm to 6.10pm
Presentation by Professor Filippo Lorenzon
6.10pm to 6.30pm
Q&A facilitated by President
6.30pm to 7.30pm
Commencement of Annual General Meeting (Members Only)
7.30pm to 9.30pm
Networking Dinner
The Talk will commence punctually. All attendees are requested to be on time.
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