Admiralty Court News

A plaintiff’s attorney cannot avoid a showdown with a cruise line at the federal courthouse in Miami simply by pleading the case as an action that does not require the court’s jurisdiction under admiralty law, a federal appellate court ruled …

Lloyd’s announced the appointment of Sir David Steel as the next Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) appeal arbitrator to hear salvage cases arising under the Lloyd’s Form of Salvage Agreement. He will succeed Mr. Justice Teare, who has held the position …