#Claims

ASA blows whistle on Arsenal in high stakes game of NFTs

ASA blows whistle on Arsenal in high stakes game of NFTs

Sussanah Streeter

Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown

‘’The Advertising Standards Authority has taken on the role of referee in the high stakes game of crypto trading, with the whistle blown on Arsenal football club, the latest in a string of rulings against companies which are flogging coins or tokens without high risk warnings.

ASA officials are running the line, assessing every complaint, but...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/22/asa-blows-whistle-on-arsenal-in-high-stakes-game-of-nfts/

Marasco’s Risk Prevention Platform

Marasco’s Risk Prevention Platform

l to r: John Marinos, Ioanna Vitta, Sapfo Daveli Maraslis, Anastasios Maraslis, Alexandros Petrakakos, Harry Petrakakos and Mary Pothitos – at the front.

The MM Risk Prevention Platform was set up in 18th October 2019, on the initiative of Marasco Marine’s founder and President, Mr. Anastasios Maraslis. This unique, special purpose and interest committee, which consists the Marasco Marine Ltd advisor’s board, has now grown its team further. On the 19th November...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/16/marascos-risk-prevention-platform/

Sedgwick unifies global training programs under Sedgwick University banner

Sedgwick unifies global training programs under Sedgwick University banner

Expanded geographic reach and diversified curricula to accommodate growth and skills goals of next-generation claims professionals

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 14, 2021 – Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, announced that its world-class training programs will continue expanding under the division name Sedgwick University. The company will align its in-person...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/14/sedgwick-unifies-global-training-programs-under-sedgwick-university-banner/

175 Ursula Dockerty, Emergency Response Team Leader, Shell International Trading & Shipping Company Ltd

It’s about changing the preconception about shipping

At the age of six, I wanted to be a pirate. How little did I know that I would meet real pirates in my professional life? Meet Ursula Dockerty, Emergency Response Team Leader at Shell International Trading & Shipping Company Ltd, a Master Mariner passionate about the maritime industry.

She is amazed by seafarers creativity and resilience. Without them, the rest of the society would have come to a standstill during the pandemic.

Of course, we...

https://shippingpodcast.com/175-ursula-dockerty-emergency-response-team-leader-shell-international-trading-shipping-company-ltd/

3rd Circuit Deals US Government a Blow in Finding Ship Owners’ Statutory and Contract Claims for Damages to Proceed Before US District Court

3rd Circuit Deals US Government a Blow in Finding Ship Owners’ Statutory and Contract Claims for Damages to Proceed Before US District Court

On November 16, 2021, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedential landmark ruling in Nederland Shipping Corporation v. United States of America, No. 20-2269 reversing the district court’s dismissal of damage claims against the government for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and remanding the matter to the U.S. District Court for the District...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/16/3rd-circuit-deals-us-government-a-blow-in-finding-ship-owners-statutory-and-contract-claims-for-damages-to-proceed-before-us-district-court/

Clyde & Co secures win for clients in high-profile Supreme Court judgment

Clyde & Co secures win for clients in high-profile Supreme Court judgment  

London, 10 November 2021: Global law firm Clyde & Co has successfully represented cargo interests in a Supreme Court dispute over claims for General Average with the Shipowners of the “CMA CGM LIBRA” in relation to a ship grounding.

The Supreme Court has upheld the decisions of both the High Court and the Court of Appeal and confirmed that a defective passage plan will render a vessel unseaworthy. All nine judges involved...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/10/clyde-co-secures-win-for-clients-in-high-profile-supreme-court-judgment/

North P&I Club appoints Michael Asherson as Claims Director

North P&I Club appoints Michael Asherson as Claims Director

Michael Asherson

North P&I Club has announced the appointment of Michael Asherson as Claims Director, in a return to the Club for one of shipping’s leading experts in maritime and insurance law after three years in private practice in his native South Africa.

Michael, who spent 18 years with North in the period up to 2018, returns to North’s Newcastle head office from 2 November to focus primarily on charter claims. The senior appointment...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/04/north-pi-club-appoints-michael-asherson-as-claims-director/

DNV WEBINAR, 17 Nov: Anchor losses – how can we improve?

DNV WEBINAR, 17 Nov: Anchor losses – how can we improve?

WEBINAR: Anchor losses – how can we improve?
From 2019 to 2020, anchor losses and damages increased by more than 20%. What’s going wrong? And why? But more importantly, what can we do to minimize or prevent these incidents?
17 November 202109.00 – 10.00 a.m. CET or04.00 – 05.00 p.m. CET Choose session and sign up

This joint webinar from DNV, Gard and The Swedish Club will focus on how to reduce or prevent incidents...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/04/dnv-webinar-17-nov-anchor-losses-how-can-we-improve/

US$353 Million Jury Award in Texas

US$353 Million Jury Award in Texas

US$353 MILLION JURY AWARD IN TEXAS AND THE THIRD HIGH-PROFILE VERDICT IN 2021: WILL WE SEE MORE IN 2022? 

BRIEFING

On 25 October 2021, a Texas jury awarded a $353 million verdict to a pedestrian – United Airlines wing walker Ulysses Cruz – who was struck by a van at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport in September 2019.

Cruz was left paraplegic as a result of the accident. Cruz filed a lawsuit against Allied Aviation Fueling Co of Houston Inc (the owner of the...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/01/us353-million-jury-award-in-texas/

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