Webinar: The Supreme Court verdict on the CMA CGM Libra

Following a previous webinar on the Court of Appeal decision, the UK Club hosted a follow-up webinar to discuss the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision on he CMA CGM Libra case.

Webinar Overview

This webinar follows up on a previous discussion on the Court of Appeal decision regarding the CMA CGM Libra case, examining the UK Supreme Court’s ruling and its broader implications for seaworthiness and navigation disputes.

Key discussions include:

• Incident Recap and Lower Court Judgments: Tom Starr provided a detailed recap of the incident and the judgments of the lower courts.
• Supreme Court Decision Analysis: Toby Stephens delved into the specifics of the Supreme Court’s ruling and its broader implications.

The webinar also featured an interactive Q&A session, supplemented by live polls where the audience participated in a scenario on C/P dispute.

Readers may also be interested in a supplementary “Ask-an-Expert” recording with Capt Vincent Fernandes where he discusses if an incident such as the grounding of CMA CGM Libra can happen in today with ECDIS and what the best practices for ECDIS might be.

Panelists

The session was hosted by Capt. Anuj Velankar of the UK P&I Club joined by:

• Tom Starr: Regional Claims, UK P&I Club
• Toby Stephens: Partner, HFW

Webinar Links:

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Previous webinar discussing Supreme court ruling