Covered in this issue:

• Arbitration 
• What amounts to taking a step in proceedings for the purposes of section (9)3 of the Arbitration Act
• ICSID tribunal has jusrisdiction over investments relating to a ship
• Costs
• Claimant exposed to costs order due to failure of solicitor to obtain ATE insurance 
• Appropriate order as to costs where 
• EU
• European Commission convenes legal expert group to seek solutions on contract law
• Committee on Legal Affairs' draft report rejects proposed deletion of arbitration exclusion in Brussels regulation
• Whether court seised had jurisdiction where defendant entered appearance but did not contest jurisdiction
• Guidance on when court seised of related actions pursuant to application to stay proceedings
• Insurance 
• Insurer applying "but for" causation test 
• Where claimant overstated a claim for damage following a fire it was fatal to entire claim
• Whether arbitrators properly deciding losses arising out of one event 
• Jurisdiction
• Whether courts where company had its seat had jurisdiction
• Whether later proceedings could be stayed where there were cross-claims
• Interaction between Brussels regulation and specialised conventions
• Miscellaneous
• Whether damages could be recovered for loss of use of funds by reason of fraud
• Whether contracts signed by municipalities void due to lack of capacity
• Practice
• Guidance on service out of the jurisdiction and standard of proof in jurisdiction issues
• Fishing expedition unacceptable in pre-action disclosure application
• Test for usual residence for purposes of service
• Freezing injunctions: determining the appropriate cross-undertaking
• Supreme Court Rules on effect of limitation on change of capacity and addition of new party
• Substitution of new parties after expiry of the limitation
• Whether remaining defendants entitled to disclosure of settlement agreement between claimant and other defendants
• Shipping
• Whether subcontractor entitled to contribution from charterer where ship damaged by subcontractor 
• Wwhether ship managers entering into charterparties and diverting difference in hire as part of fraudulent scheme
• Whether advanced payment bond issued by bank providing for repayment of "all such sums due to you under the contract" included pre-paid sums in event of builder's insolvency
• Whether title to bunkers passed to shipowners on redelivery of vessel
• Whether owners in breach of obligation to deliver vessel ready to receive cargo with clean swept holds 
• Whether owners entitled to hire for early and redelivery

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