Commodities & Shipping

Seddons' specialist team acts for many UK and international ship and cargo owners on all contractual and legal matters relating to shipping, commodities and trade.

We are highly experienced in the arbitration and litigation of many types of dispute including those relating to:

Charter parties
Cargo claims
Demurrage
Off-hire claims
Contracts of sale
Bill of lading
Cross-border enforcement
International trade of metals, minerals and other commodities
Letters of credit
Marine insurance claims
Joint venture contracts

We have conducted many arbitrations and worked under the arbitration rules of trade bodies such as GAFTA, FOSFA, LME, IGPA, RSA, ICC, LCIA and the LMAA. Members of our team have worked on high profile cases such as BCCI (No. 8), United Arab Shipping Company vs. National Westminster Bank plc, "The Antclizo" (1992), BCCI vs. Simjee and KBC Bank vs. Metalman Industries Ltd. & Others.

For further information about our commodities & shipping work, please contact Robin Austin on +44 (0) 20 7725 8000 or click here to email him directly.

PARTNERS

Robin Austin

SUPPORT

Lisbeth Gilmore

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