Interesting to see all aspects of cargo claims and to learn how clients are experiencing this.

(C Barendregt, Raets Marine Insurance BV)

Improve your management of cargo claims leading to the saving of time and costs in lengthy disputes

Lloyds Maritime Academy presents our annual seminar

Cargo Claims: A Practical Guide

Improve your skills and knowledge in pursuing and defending marine cargo claims
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Attend this seminar to:

n   Gain a working knowledge of key documentation, important contract clauses and the liability regimes under the Rules n   Discuss the practicalities of passing on liability for cargo claims including how the Interclub Agreement works in practice n   Analyse practical and legal aspects of evidence relating to specific types of claims n   Fully understand limitation, exclusions and defences

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Monday 12 Wednesday 14 March 2012 The Hatton London EC1

Improve your skills and knowledge in pursuing and defending marine cargo claims
Millions of dollars every year are lost through damaging cargo disputes. With increasing bunker costs and reduced charter rates it is more important than ever to ensure you know how to successfully manage the various stages of a cargo claim. This annual, interactive training seminar will examine the tools that are available to enable you to achieve a good result, both in a reasonable time frame and at a reasonable cost Day One: Monday 12 March 2012 08.45 09.15
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Analysis of the Rules and the cargo contract

09.30  Understanding the liability regimes the Hague and HagueVisby Rules n When  do the rules apply? (types of contract, periods of coverage and cargoes excluded) n What  are the carriers obligations? n What defences can the carrier rely on? n Applicable  time limits and weight/package limitation provisions n The relevance of the Hamburg and Rotterdam Rules Fionna Gavin, Partner, Ince & Co LLP 10.15 10.30

16.15  INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP Negotiating security wording and terms for 2 w  Split into groups of club and cargo representatives. Learn how to negotiate security under the letter of undertaking. Understand the tactics and techniques most likely to succeed. Henry Adams, Partner, Birketts LLP
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Obtaining security Practical points to consider before taking action n Principles  of security n Ship  arrest n Common  arrest jurisdictions: a comparison n Sister  ships and associated ships n Forms  of security/judicial sales n Rule  B attachments n Worldwide  freezing injunctions Charlotte Winter, Senior Associate, Norton Rose LLP
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Coffee Key shipping documentation and important contract clauses n Bills of lading - what are they and why have them? n Improve  your drafting of clauses in charterparties, bills of lading and other contracts n Introduction  to incorporating of charterparty terms into bills of lading n Letters  of indemnity and the UCP 600 n Institute  of Cargo Clauses A, B and C Andrew Preston, Partner, Clyde & Co LLP

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Breakfast Chairmans opening remarks Lisa Wortley, Partner, Birketts LLP

Important issues relating to the delivery of cargo

Delivery of cargo Clean and ante-dated bills of lading n The  application of the Hague/Hague-Visby rules to the period after discharge n Delivery  not against an original bill of lading or against forged bills of lading and the role of the letter of indemnity n Charterers  rights to require owners to deliver cargo without production of an original bill of lading n Effect  on insurance cover n The  obligation to take delivery Jeb Clulow, Partner, Reed Smith LLP
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11.30  SPOTLIGHT SESSION Current trends in marine cargo for 2 claims w n What  types of claims are currently the most common? n Cargo  and piracy n Shortage  claims Andrew Preston, Partner, Clyde & Co LLP
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Identifying the parties to the cargo claim Who is liable for cargo loss or damage? n Identifying  the claimant n Identifying  the carrier n Tort  or contract?  Matthew Wilmshurst, Solicitor Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
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10.45  Unseaworthiness, due diligence and recovery: Examining their roles in cargo claims n The  obligations of the carrier n What  is unseaworthiness? n What  is due diligence and how is it exercised? n The  importance and effect of exercising due diligence before and at the beginning of the voyage n How  these obligations are dealt with in marine cargo claims n The  effect of large numbers of claimants on claims handling: container ship casualties Lisa Wortley, Partner, Birketts LLP 11.45  SPOTLIGHT SESSION Limitation, exclusions and defences  w f o r 2 n Package and weight limitation n Time  limits n Article  IV(2) defences n Responsibilities  for loading, stowage, discharging cargo n Deck  cargo n Delay  claims 12.45 Questions and discussion
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09.30  SPOTLIGHT SESSION Analysing evidence in cargo claims for 2 n The  bill of lading as a receipt estoppel, unknown and w said to provisions n Practical  and legal aspects of evidence relating to specific types of claims: - Shortage claims - Liquid cargo claims - Reefer claims - Containerised cargo n Burdens  of proof n Recoverable  damages in cargo claims under English law Haris Zografakis, Partner, Stephenson Harwood LLP
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General average cargos perspective n  Recognising the characteristics of a general average situation n  Who pays and what security is provided n  Cargos response to general average n  Cargos response to the adjustment n  General average and the future Paul Silver, Director, Richards Hogg Lindley

Identifying the risks and effective quality control

15.00  SPOTLIGHT SESSION Different cargo types and their possible risks for 2 w n  Bulk carrier cargo worthiness n  Steel cargoes n Bulk cargo liquefaction n Bulk cargo case studies n  Liquid cargo shortages real or apparent? Paul Cavagan, Partner & Master Mariner, Brookes Bell
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Practical aspects relating to cargo claims How and why do shortage claims arise? n Contamination  versus a change in quality: establishing the real problem n Investigating  the contamination claim n Mitigating  the contamination claim n What  are the consequences of delivery without the bill of lading? n The  surveyors contribution to a marine cargo claim n Wet  and dry cargo claims  Mike Birchall, Marine Consultant & Surveyor Minton Treharne & Davies Ltd 17.00 Chairmans remarks and close of day two Day Three: Wednesday 14 March 2012 09.00 09.25 Breakfast Chairmans opening remarks Henry Adams, Partner, Birketts LLP
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11.45  Dispute resolution and an overview of the English legal system n Case  law and statute n Structure  and costs n Are  costs recoverable? n What  are the advantages of arbitration? n Which  claims are most suitable for arbitration? n The  process of referring the dispute n Mediation   Baptiste Weijburg, Assistant Solicitor Holman Fenwick Willan LLP 12.45 12.55 Questions and discussion Lunch

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