# Shipping Law & Practice 2024: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Advice for your Clients

> Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to the 7 Biggest Legal Matters Facing Experienced Practitioners: Directly from Top-Rated KCs and Solicitors

- Format: In-person
- Date: Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- Venue: The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DR
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: Live Attendance £249.00 + VAT per person
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/shipping24

## Programme

- 09:30 Registration and coffee
- 10:00 Chair's Introduction: Shipping Law & Practice: Shaping new developments into solution-focused advice for your clients
  - Chaired by David Pitlarge, Hill Dickinson
- 10:10 New shipping emissions regs: How will the regulations be used and enforced in practice and impact on commonly used terms included in contracts such as charterparties?
  - Answered by David Bailey KC
- 10:45 Demurrage: What are the unresolved arguments over demurrage following the settlement of The Eternal Bliss litigation, and where will the challenges come from?
  - Answered by Neil Hart KC
- 11:20 Morning Coffee
- 11:35 Red Sea crisis: To what extent can shipowners lawfully refuse to sail via the Red Sea and divert their vessels to other routes and with what implications for client advice?
  - Answered by John Russell KC
- 12:10 Misdelivery: What is the latest judicial thinking on the application of the Hague Visby rules to misdelivery claims following The Giant Ace [2023] litigation?
  - Answered by Sean O'Sullivan KC
- 12:45 Overrun
- 13:00 Lunch
- 13:45 Certainty v pragmatism: How far can you push the boundaries of force majeure and reasonable endeavours following MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd [2022] EWCA and the latest decisions in the lower courts?
  - Answered by James Leabeater KC
- 14:20 Star Antares [2023]: What is realistic and achievable in General Average claims following the Star Antares [2023] litigation and the negotiation of contracts of carriage, insurance contracts, bonds and guarantees?
  - Answered by Chirag Karia KC
- 14:55 Sanctions: How are you to support client objectives over sanctions? What are the requirements and the related risks?
  - Answered by Sara Masters KC
- 15:30 Over-run
- 16:00 Close of conference

## How to book

Choose a rate on the [conference page](https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/shipping24) and press Book Now. Checkout asks for the booking contact and company address, then each delegate's name and email, then payment: Credit/Debit Card, or Bank Transfer/Cheque to be sent an invoice. Bookings are subject to the [booking policy](https://whitepaper.co.uk/booking-policy).