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Nelson Pine Industries Ltd v Seatrans New Zealand Ltd (The “Pembroke”) - High Court (Ellis J) 10 August 1993

The plaintiffs purchased certain goods which were to be carried from Bremerhaven, Germany, to the Port of Nelson, New Zealand. The goods were carried in the vessel Pembroke . The defendants were the New Zealand agent and legal representative of the..

Online Published Date: 08 January 1994

Appeared in issue: 370 - 08 January 1994

Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington London Borough Council - Court of Appeal (Dillon, Leggatt and Kennedy LJJ) - 16 December 1993

The present action arose out of an interest rate swap agreement made on 16 June 1987 between Islington London Borough Council (“the Council”) and the Westdeutsche Landesbank (“the bank”). Under the agreement, the bank had..

Online Published Date: 08 January 1994

Appeared in issue: 370 - 08 January 1994

Caltex Refining Co Pty Ltd v BHP Transport Limited (The “Iron Gippeland”) - Supreme Court of NSW (Admiralty Division)(Carruthers J) - 3 December 1993

In these proceedings Caltex Refining Co Pty Limited (“Caltex”) as the owner of a cargo of automotive diesel oil (“ADO”) sued BHP Transport Limited (“BHP”) for contamination which had occurred to the ADO on..

Online Published Date: 08 January 1994

Appeared in issue: 370 - 08 January 1994

Scher and Others v Policyholders Protection Board and Others; Ackman and Others v Policyholders Protection Board and Others - House of Lords (Lord Templeman, Lord Griffiths, Lord Ackner, Lord Goff and Lord Mustill) - 22 November 1993

This case concerned the interpretation of the Policyholders Protection Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”). The problems arose from the fact that when the liquidation of an insurance company began there were likely to be numerous claims or..

Online Published Date: 08 January 1994

Appeared in issue: 370 - 08 January 1994

Lantic Sugar Ltd v Blue Tower Trading Corporation and others (The “Violetta”) - Federal Court of Appeal (Hugessen, MacGuigan and Decary JJA) - 28 October 1993

The plaintiff cargo interests claimed damages in respect of the contamination of their cargo of raw bulk sugar resulting from the ingress of salt water into the holds of the vessel Violetta while en route to Australia to Saint John, New Brunswick...

Online Published Date: 22 January 1994

Appeared in issue: 371 - 22 January 1994

All Pacific Trading Inc and others v The vessel M/V “Hanjin Yosu” - US Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) (Browning, Farris and Kelly Ct JJ) - 22 October 1993

The plaintiffs were the owners or subrogated insurers of various goods transported on the vessel Hanjin Yosu . The goods were not delivered directly to the vessel but to several different non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs), who issued..

Online Published Date: 22 January 1994

Appeared in issue: 371 - 22 January 1994

South Carolina State Ports Authority v M/V “Levant Fortune” - US District Ct (District of South Carolina, Charleston Div) (C Weston Houck DJ) - 30 September 1993

The plaintiff supplied necessaries to the vessel Levant Fortune (then named Valiant ) at the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, between April 1988 and March 1990, in the total sum of $171,684.34. In June 1990 the vessel was arrested in Piraeus,..

Online Published Date: 22 January 1994

Appeared in issue: 371 - 22 January 1994

Texport Oil Co v M/V “Amolyntos” - US Court of Appeals (Second Circuit) (Feinberg, Timbers and Miner Ct JJ) - 9 December 1993

The plaintiff bought 60,000 tonnes of Romanian gasoline from Bulk Oil, a Swiss Company. The gasoline was purchased on CIF terms. As sold, the gasoline was not marketable in the US because the octane level was too low to meet US standards. The..

Online Published Date: 22 January 1994

Appeared in issue: 371 - 22 January 1994