# Shipping Law & Practice 2026: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Advice for Your Clients

> Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 Thorny Legal Questions: Directly from Highly Experienced KCs, Judges, Senior Juniors and Solicitors

- Format: In-person
- Date: Thursday, 11 June 2026, 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 £299.00 + VAT per person
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/shipping26

## 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 Late redelivery: When does late redelivery genuinely cause market loss following the Skyros case [2025], and how should you change your client advice?
  - Answered by John Russell KC, Quadrant Chambers
- 10:45 Anti-suit injunctions: With anti-suit injunctions becoming harder-edged and more adaptable, how do you deploy them in litigation to secure a tactical advantage?
  - Answered by Neil Hart KC, Essex Court Chambers
- 11:20 Morning coffee
- 11:35 Conditions precedent & debt obligations: How — in practice — do you now establish that a condition has been satisfied so that a debt obligation arises following King Crude Carriers SA v Ridgebury?
  - Answered by Richard Southern KC, 7KBW
- 12:10 Lila Lisbon: How far can you push the court on loss-of-bargain compensation under standard form ship sale contracts, as the Lila Lisbon litigation continues to bubble away?
  - Answered by Sean O'Sullivan KC, 4 Pump Court
- 12:45 Overrun
- 13:00 Lunch
- 13:45 Force majeure: How far can parties stretch force majeure and reasonable endeavours arguments following MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd and the latest lower-court decisions?
  - Answered by Sara Masters KC, Twenty Essex
- 14:20 Letters of indemnity: In disputes involving letters of indemnity, where are the courts now drawing the line on liability where undisclosed principals sit behind the contract?
  - Answered by Julian Kenny KC, Twenty Essex
- 14:55 Crewing & Unseaworthiness: Following The Happy Aras [2026], when does crew incompetence cross the line into unseaworthiness — and how is this impacting jurisdictional strategy in disputes?
  - Answered by Lara Hicks, 33 Bedford Row
- 15:30 Overrun
- 16:00 Close of conference

## How to book

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