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Provided by Arun Kasi
1. Shipping & Maritime
2. Commodities & International Trade
3. Marine Insurance & General Average
4. Oil & Gas (EPCIC)
5. Sanctions
6. Arbitration
1. Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (CIArb)
2. Arbitrator, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
3. Arbitrator, Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) [formerly KLRCA]
4. Accredited Mediator, The Society of Mediators, London (SOM)
5. Adjunct Professor of Shipping Law, Gujarat Maritime University (GMU)
6. Member, London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA)
7. Member, Indian Maritime Association, UK (IMA UK)
BOOKS:
1) Arun Kasi, The Law of Carriage of Goods by Sea, Singapore, Springer, 2021
2) Arun Kasi, Speed-Consumption Claims: A Guidebook, The Marine Law Box, 2022
3) Arun Kasi, General Average: A Handbook (Cases Summary 2012 – 2021 included), The Marine Law Box, 2021
4) Arun Kasi, Arbitration: Stay of Court Proceedings and Anti-Suit Injunctions, Malaysia, CLJ Publication, 2014
5) Arun Kasi, Law of Contract: Lecture Notes, Malaysia, Institute Perkim Goon, 1996.
NEWSLETTERS:
1) AK on Shipping, monthly, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, Issue 8, October 2024
2) AK on Shipping, monthly, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, Issue 7, September 2024
3) AK on Shipping, monthly, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, Issue 6, August 2024
4) AK on Shipping, monthly, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, Issue 5, July 2024
5) AK on Shipping, monthly, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, Issue 4, June 2024
6) AK on Shipping, monthly, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, Issue 3, May 2024
7) AK on Shipping, monthly, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, Issue 2, April 2024
8) AK on Shipping, monthly, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, Issue 1, March 2024
ARTICLES ON MARITIME EXECUTIVE / MARINE LAW BOX:
1) Arun Kasi, ‘Arrest beyond sister ship’, The Marine Law Box, 26 March 2025
2) Arun Kasi, ‘Ship Arrest to enforce an Arbitral Award?’, The Marine Law Box, 11 March 2025
3) Arun Kasi, ‘Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952’, The Marine Law Box, 29 January 2025
4) Arun Kasi, ‘Domestic Shipping Licence for foreign ships in Malaysia – the “cabotage” rule ‘, The Marine Law Box Bulletin, 25 October 2024
5) Arun Kasi, ‘Hague/Hague-Visby Rules and Common Law Doctrine of Stages A revisit to The Makedonia’, The Marine Law Box Bulletin, 3 Dec 2021
6) Arun Kasi, Ransom Payments to Pirates: Who Must Pay in General Average?, The Maritime Executive, 26 Nov 2021
7) Arun Kasi, General Average on Piracy RansonWater stirred by The Longchamp and The Polar, The Marine Law Box Bulletin, 23 Nov 2021
8) Arun Kasi, Weather Data vs. Deck Logs in Speed-Consumption Claims, The Maritime Executive, 29 Sept 2021
9) Arun Kasi, WRC or Deck Log?, The Marine Law Box Bulletin, 22 Sept 2021
10) Arun Kasi, Charterparty Risks: A Vessel Description “Without Guarantee”, The Maritime Executive, 16 September 2021
11) Arun Kasi, ‘WOG’ Danger in Speed-Consumption Warranties, The Marine Law Box Bulletin, 17 Sept 2021
12) Arun Kasi, The risks of hire deductions and reductions in a booming market, Splash247, 15 September 2021
13) Arun Kasi, A Revisit to The Ocean Virgo, The Marine Law Box Bulletin, 13 Sept 2021
14) Arun Kasi, Whose Pays for Bottom Fouling, The Maritime Executive Newsletter, 6 Sept 2021
15) Arun Kasi, Bottom Fouling: Whose head it falls on?, The Marine Law Box Bulletin, 6 Sept 2021
16) Arun Kasi, The ‘About’ Margin in Speed-Consumption Warranty, The Marine Law Box Bulletin, 30 Aug 2021
17) Arun Kasi, Hire Deductions and Reductions: Implications of Resorting to the Self-Help Remedy?, The Marine Law Box Bulletin, 16 Aug 2021
18) Arun Kasi, Op-Ed: Speed Claim vs Off-Hire Claim, The Maritime Executive Newsletter, 13 Aug 2021
19) Arun Kasi, Time Charter: Speed Claim or Off-Hire Claim, The Marine Law Box Bulletin, 11 Aug 2021
20) Arun Kasi, Malaysia switches to Hague-Visby Rules (with SDR Protocol) wef 15 July 2021: Implications?, The Marine Law Box Bulletin, 5 Aug 2021
21) Arun Kasi, NYPE Performance Claims: Proving Breach and Quantifying Loss, The Maritime Executive Newsletter, 19 July 2021
22) Arun Kasi, Performance Claims under NYPE 1946 and 1993 (Time Charter): Establishing and Extrapolating, The Marine Law Box Bulletin, 15 June 2021
ARTICLES ON 4-5 GRAY'S INN SQUARE SITE:
1) Time counts, but in which time zone?, 15 May 2023
2) Case Note – Maersk v Mercuria [2022] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 95, 6 February 2023
3) The “Thorco Lineage” [2023] EWHC 26 (Comm): Hague-Visby Rules liability limitation extends to economic loss, 27 January 2023
ARTICLES ON SHIPPING:
1) Arun Kasi, ‘Doctrine of stages under the Hague and the Hague-Visby Rules: a revisit to The Makedonia’, Lloyd’s Shipping & Trade Law, Vol. 22, No. 6, August 2022
2) Arun Kasi, ‘Herculito Maritime Ltd v Gunvor International BV (“The Polar”) [2021] EWCA Civ 1828’, Lloyd’s Shipping & Trade Law, Vol. 21, No. 10, December 2021
3) Arun Kasi, ‘Bottom Fouling: Whose head does it fall on?’, The Report: The Magazine of the International Institute of Marine Surveying, Issue 98, December 2021, p. 85
4) Arun Kasi, ‘Speed-consumption claims: establishing and extrapolating’, Lloyd’s Shipping & Trade Law, Vol. 21, No. 8, October 2021, p. 1
5) Arun Kasi, ‘Polaris Shipping v Sinoriches Enterprises (The Ocean Virgo): Speed-consumption warranties’, Lloyd’s Shipping & Trade Law, Vol. 21, No. 7, September 2021, p. 5
6) Arun Kasi, ‘Bottom fouling: on whose head does it fall?’, Lloyd’s Shipping & Trade Law, Vol. 21, No. 7, September 2021, p. 1
7) Arun Kasi, ‘NVOC/Freight Forwarders’ Bill of Lading: An Anathema to Carriage of Goods by Sea?’, International Business Law Journal / Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales (Sweet & Maxwell, UK), Vol. 5, 2021, p. 707
8) Arun Kasi, ‘Malaysia switches to Hague-Visby Rules (with SDR Protocol) wef 15 July 2021: Implications?, Current Law Journal, [2021] 1 LNS(A) ciii
9) Arun Kasi, ‘Operation of Doctrine of Stages under Hague/Hague-Visby Rules Regime’, 2021 (pending publication)
10) Arun Kasi, ‘The Dancing Liability-Limit in Hague Rules and Validity of RM850 Limit for East Malaysia’, Malaysian Law Journal (Lexis Nexis), Vol. 1, 2021, p. cxciv
11) Arun Kasi, ‘Freight Forwarder’s Bill of Lading: Are they Bills of Lading?’, THAC’s Newsletter, No. 3, December 2020, p. 2
12) Arun Kasi, ‘Bill of Lading: Document of Title or Possession?’, Journal of The Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association, Vol. 30, No. 3, December 2020, p. 27
13) Arun Kasi, ‘The ‘Labuan Lacuna’: Hague or Hague-Visby Rules for Labuan?’, Malaysian Law Journal (Lexis Nexis), Vol. 6, 2020, p. cxxxi
14) Arun Kasi, ‘UK Bills of Lading Act 1855 or Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992 for Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak?’, Malaysian Law Journal (Lexis Nexis), Vol. 5, 2020, p. cxxxiv
15) Arun Kasi, ‘Excluding Liability for Misdelivery and Non-Delivery under Bills of Lading: An Analysis under Laws of Malaysia, Singapore and England & Wales’, The Law Review (Sweet & Maxwell), 2020, p. 143; Current Law Journal, [2020] 1 LNS(A) lvi
16) Arun Kasi, ‘A Critical Analysis of the Court of Appeal Decision on Misdelivery in Minmetals South-East Asia Corp Pte Ltd v Nakhoda Logistics Sdn Bhd’, The Law Review (Sweet & Maxwell), 2020, p. 105; Current Law Journal, [2020] 1 LNS(A) xlix
17) Arun Kasi, ‘Volcafe v. Compania Sud Americana de Vapores: Implications for Malaysia, Singapore and India’, Journal of The Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association, Vol. 29, No. 3, December 2019, p. 20; The Law Review (Sweet & Maxwell), 2020, p. 71; Current Law Journal, [2020] 1 LNS(A) v
18) Arun Kasi, ‘Mewah-Oils Sdn Bhd v. Lushing Traders Pte Ltd – Court of Appeal Decision on Conversion: A Critical Analysis’, [2020] 1 LNS(A) liv; Current Law Journal, [2020] 1 LNS(A) liv; The Law Review (Sweet & Maxwell), 2020, p. 209
Dr. Arun Kasi heads Arun Kasi & Co, a specialist full-range shipping law firm.
Dr. Arun Kasi actively practises in Malaysia and, as a barrister, in England.
He regularly appears before the Admiralty Court, and all levels of higher courts. He also regularly appears before arbitral tribunals around the world, including Malaysia, Singapore, London, New Zealand, and Brunei.
Dr. Arun Kasi is instructed by P&I clubs, insurers, shipowners, charterers, cargo, chandlers, etc.
He is also instructed by major commercial and shipping law firms in London and the USA.
CURRENT / RECENT WORKS
1. Representing a cargo owner (voyage charterer) in a US$28 m cargo dispute, in which the ship was arrested, following the refusal of the ship to deliver the cargo upon the cargo owner being sanctioned by US OFAC under Iranian trade sanctions scheme.
2. Defended a shipowner in an ownership claim made in rem against the ship recently purchased for US$20 m.
3. Advised a buyer on a US$6 million refund guarantee in the buyer’s purchase of a new built yacht.
4. Advised an owner on a dispute over payment out following judicial sale of their vessel for US$5 m.
5. Advised a shipowner on a complex company structure for a joint venture company to sell their vessel to the JV company for US$3.6 m and the JV company obtaining a Domestic Shipping Licence.
6. Advising an insurer on a US$1.6 million cargo claim (shortage claim).
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Arun Kasi is the founding partner of Arun Kasi & Co. He is experienced in advising clients on contentious and transactional mandates in the maritime industry.
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Arun Kasi's work has been outstanding. He put in so much time and effort.
Dr Arun is a very client-oriented, market-savvy and technically sound lawyer - a pleasure to work with indeed.
Arun Kasi's work has been outstanding. He put in so much time and effort.
Dr Arun is a very client-oriented, market-savvy and technically sound lawyer - a pleasure to work with indeed.