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Some examples of recent instructions are set out below. Since 2001, Sean Snook has been instructed by over 120 firms of solicitors to act and/or advise in over 420 disputes. In addition to determining that question with the assistance of expert evidence, the tribunal had to determine a previously unresolved question in relation to the meaning of the “always accessible” warranty in the charterparty. Thorco Shipping A/S v SQM SA: this case concerned an owner’s allegation that the loading port was unsafe.

In addition to the market loss claims advanced, the tribunal had to consider whether or not the buyer had issued a conforming letter of credit. LCIA Arbitration No 163325: a dispute arising on the sale and purchase of a cargo of steel billets.In addition, the tribunal was required to determine the novel question of whether the supply of sugar processed using the phosphotation method was illegal under EU law.

2310: a claim before the Refined Sugar Association for damages arising out of the shipment of cargoes of sugar, with liability turning on disputed factual and expert evidence. Maersk Illinois ( Maersk Line v Spliethoff Transport BV): this dispute raised an important and apparently novel question concerning the allocation of risk and responsibility under a charterparty as between the owners and charterers, regarding damage to the vessel caused by negligence of stevedores in circumstances where stevedores were appointed and paid by charterers but were also deemed to be owners’ servants.Cape Bonny v Ping an Property and Casualty Insurance: a general average dispute heard in the Commercial Court involving expert evidence as to engineering and technical ship management.The claim raises complex issues relating to jurisdiction, international sale agreements, letter of credit law and market loss.

HKIAC/A17194: a dispute arising out of a sale contract for the delivery of 360,000 mt of coking coal due to be delivered in four tranches, in which the claimant alleges that the respondent wrongfully failed to deliver the final three tranches, causing it to suffer losses of US$35 million.

OCBC v ING: a dispute heard in the Commercial Court arising out of the purchase by OCBC of ING Asia Private Banking Ltd (IAPBL) from ING Bank NV for US$1.446 billion, concerning a claim by OCBC for breach of warranty, in particular with regard to IAPBL’s derivatives trading account with a Swiss branch of the Lehman Group prior to the Lehman insolvency in September 2008.