In London Arbitration 2/23 (2023) 1129 LMLN 2, an arbitral tribunal determined that a pilot’s one-off error which caused the grounding of the Vessel (negligent navigation) did not render a port unsafe, say Legal Director Joanne Palin and Associate Rebekah Hacket in a briefing issued by legal firm HFW. The tribunal also found the Vessel to be unseaworthy due to a defective passage plan that could not have considered the most detailed and appropriate paper chart for the disport, although this was not found to be causative of the grounding.
