by Alan Jervis | May 7, 2020 | Blog
On 17 August 1923, it was first the French government that proposed the convening of a diplomatic conference for the purpose of concluding a convention relating to liability in international carriage by air. The conference was formally deferred on two occasions due...
by Alan Jervis | May 6, 2020 | Blog
There have been reported continuing issues of foundation failure on wind turbines. This issue was given some focus in Højgaard A/S v E.On Climate & Renewables UK Robin Rigg East Limited and another [2017] UKSC 59, where a miscalculation in the strength of the...
by Alan Jervis | May 6, 2020 | Articles
On April 26th 1956, the Ideal-X left the Port of Newark, New Jersey to the Port Houston, Texas. It carried 58 35-feet (8 feet wide by 8 feet high) containers along with bulk cargo. The 35 feet unit represented at that time the standard truck size in the United States....
by Alan Jervis | May 5, 2020 | Articles
In 1786 the Society for the Registry of Shipping moved from Lloyd’s Coffee House at No. 16 Lombard Street, to No. 4 Sun Court, Cornhill. By 1797 the Register Book had 215 subscribers and the Society was run by an organising committee of 11 members. In this year...
by Alan Jervis | May 4, 2020 | Articles
Control of well insurance is a very specialized and unique insurance policy that is designed to cover all or some of the costs that are linked to regaining the control of an oil or gas well. This type of insurance also provides coverage for cleaning up any pollution...
