An international trade lawyer who has advised traders and suppliers at one end of the OW Bunker supply chain and time charterers and owners at the other, believes the UK legal rulings on the fuel sales are logical but has some good news for those who fear they may have to pay twice.

“The decisions reached so far are logical under English law but it is unlikely owners will have to pay twice,” Paul Taylor, a partner at Hill Dickinson in London, told TradeWinds.

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