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  • Articles
    • Towcon 2008 and the coronavirus
    • LOF 2020: is this a vintage edition?
    • How a lack of class can be costly
    • Crewless tug no longer unthinkable
    • Case of stamina and determination
    • Caution needed when taking on Uncle Sam
    • Environmental concern not enough
    • Have we just scored an own goal?
    • Nothing new about risks of towing a hulk
    • When a broker calls in the lawyers
    • Wording offers protection for salvage firms
    • Caution is needed when agreeing provisions that amend the knock-for-knock position
    • LOF decline is a cause for concern
    • Multiple collision: who has to pay?
    • Girting – Communication is vital
    • Provisions are litigation time-bomb
    • Make them an offer they can’t refuse
    • Towing the line on defining salvage
    • Take care in heavily mined waters
    • A Threat to Tugs and Barges – Piracy in the Sulu Sea:  The “new Somalia” or a limited threat?
    • Precedents provide legal certainty
    • How the blame game gets resolved
    • Who pays if it doesn’t go to plan?
    • Viva España on Place of Refuge
    • Why everybody needs a Brave Betty
    • Judge decides tug and tow one unit
  • Archive 2015
    • Why insurers are sleeping uneasily
    • With all due respect… you’re wrong
    • Rescue towage requires an element of caution
    • Tactics can make a big difference
    • Tug operators have a duty of readiness
    • Nightmare of finding place of refuge
  • Archive 2014
    • Arbitration usually for a good reason
    • Securing a fair deal for operators
    • When there’s nothing left to save
    • Calling LOF: Are you alive and well?
    • Tax? A comradely wave of sympathy
    • The importance of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, 2001
    • The ever-spiralling costs of wreck removal
  • Archive 2013
    • Check vessel condition pre-purchase
    • When should the industry ‘take a stand’?
    • Why should an OSV operator get involved in salvage?
    • The freedom to put life before financial interests
    • Lien powers can work a treat
    • ‘Game-changing’ aspect to wreck removal
    • Tanker Escort Tug Operations – the legal perspective
    • Ouch, the very pain of delay
    • Old habits die hard in the towage world
    • Delay penalties can cut both ways
  • Archive 2012
    • Can salvage sub-contracts be set aside for unfairness?
    • Environmental Salvage – What is all the fuss about?
    • Factors at play in common law salvage claims
    • No salvage operation is ever clear-cut
    • Is knock for knock always bullet-proof?
    • Salvage or not?
  • Archive 2011
    • MV RENA grounding. The New Zealand Accident Investigation Commission report has now been issued on the grounding.
    • New Lloyd’s Open Form is timely and practical

MV RENA grounding. The New Zealand Accident Investigation Commission report has now been issued on the grounding.

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24th October 2019

Michael Howard QC has joined TugAdvise

“Simon Tatham, senior partner says: “Michael Howard QC is a leading Admiralty barrister known to many and a former Lloyd’s Arbitrator.  He has acted for many of the major salvors as advocate and presided over innumerable LOF and similar cases, apart from having a commercial practice advising on the usual wide range of charterparty and […]

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