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The purpose of this Article is to provide an overview of some important cases relating to charter parties and carriage of goods by sea decided in the United Kingdom during 2021. Given the nature of this Article, the selected cases are discussed briefly, while some additional cases decided in 2021 are referred to in the footnotes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The long established right to limit liability in relation to maritime claims is in the modern law principally governed by the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims. This has not established a settled legal position for questions consistently arise about the application of the Convention. In this contribution recent cases in the UK and Hong Kong relating to persons entitled to limit, limitable claims and loss of the right to limit are analysed. Also analysed is the procedural right to institute limitation proceedings and the conflict of conventions issues that may arise. There is a final comment on state practice expanding the right to limit by national legislation on the basis of the scheme in the 1976 Convention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]