The Supreme Court handed down its decision today in NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) NV v Cargill International SA (The Global Santosh) [2016] UKSC 20.

Simon Rainey Q.C., who was brought in to argue the case on the Supreme Court appeal, represented the successful appellants, Cargill. The decision of the Supreme Court is a landmark one in relation to a contracting party’s responsibility for the vicarious or delegated performance by a third party of its contractual obligations, both in the common charterparty and international sale of goods contexts and more generally.

Further details regarding the case are available in the attached article.