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Secretary of State for the Environment v Euston Centre Investments Ltd - Court of Appeal (Dillon, Steyn and Waite LJJ) - The Times Law Report - 6 July 1994

The landlord demised premises to the tenant for a term of 49 years under a lease which provided for rent reviews every seven years. The arbitrator made an interim award as to the reviewed rent on 28 May 1992. The tenant applied under section 1(3)(b)..

Online Published Date: 09 July 1994

Appeared in issue: 383 - 09 July 1994

Oak Bay Marine Group and Others v Jackson and Others - Fed Ct (Trial Div) (Strayer J) - 25 March 1994

In May 1989 Mr and Mrs Jackson, who were passengers for purposes of fishing on the vessel Ucluelet Princess, suffered a severe fall. The vessel was headed into a large wave and when it cleared the crest of the wave it dropped into the following..

Online Published Date: 09 July 1994

Appeared in issue: 383 - 09 July 1994

London Arbitration 1/94

The charterers contended that they could add a further day to laytime under clause 19, which provided for the master to give the discharging port agents and the charterers 15, 10, seven, five days and 72, 48 and 24 hours’ notice of expected..

Online Published Date: 09 July 1994

Appeared in issue: 383 - 09 July 1994

Coastal (Bermuda) Petroleum Ltd v VTT Vulcan Petroleum SA (The “Marine Star (No 2)) - QBD (Com Ct)(Mance J) - 24 June 1994

The defendants agreed to sell to the plaintiffs a quantity of “50,000/55,000 metric tons sellers option outturn quantity” of “standard Russian E4 straight run fuel oil ex Black Sea” for delivery “CIF basis Aruba 4-10..

Online Published Date: 09 July 1994

Appeared in issue: 383 - 09 July 1994

Cala Cristal SA and Others v Emran Al-Borno and Others - Chancery Div (Ferris J) - The Times Law Report 6 May 1994

The plaintiffs had obtained world-wide Mareva injunctions over the assets of the defendant. The defendants applied for permission to transfer some £600,000 from the frozen assets to pay the legal fees of their solicitors, Theodore Goddard, and..

Online Published Date: 09 July 1994

Appeared in issue: 383 - 09 July 1994

Triad Shipping Co v Stellar Chartering & Brokerage Inc (The “Island Archon”) - Court of Appeal (Sir Donald Nicholls, Vice-Chancellor, Mann and Evans LJJ) - 15 June 1994

The vessel Island Archon was chartered for a term of 36 months under the NYPE form. In the course of her employment the vessel was ordered on a voyage to Iraq. Cargo claims were asserted by the Iraqi receivers on the basis of certificates issued by..

Online Published Date: 23 July 1994

Appeared in issue: 384 - 23 July 1994

Mediterranean Freight Services Ltd v BP Oil International Ltd (The “Fiona”) - Court of Appeal (Nourse, Hirst and Hoffmann LJJ) - 7 July 1994

On 31 August 1988 the plaintiffs’ tanker Fiona , which was on charter to the defendants, was preparing to discharge her cargo of fuel oil at New York when an explosion occurred in No 1 tank. Immediately before the explosion SGS and Saybolt..

Online Published Date: 23 July 1994

Appeared in issue: 384 - 23 July 1994

C.T. Bowring & Co (Insurance) Ltd v Corsi & Partners - Court of Appeal (Dillon and Millett LJJ and Sir Michael Kerr) - 16 June 1994

The issue in this appeal was whether a defendant who had obtained the discharge of an interlocutory injunction against it and who sought to enforce the plaintiff’s cross-undertaking in damages could be ordered to give security for the..

Online Published Date: 23 July 1994

Appeared in issue: 384 - 23 July 1994

Goldenlotus Maritime Ltd v European Chartering and Shipping Inc (The “Asean Friendship”) - Singapore High Court (Goh Phai Cheng JC) - 3 November 1993 ([1994] Singapore 1 SLR 383)

The issue was whether, following the remission of an original arbitration award to the arbitrators, they had acted in excess of their jurisdiction when they made their revised award. Held , that the Court had found assistance from Aiden Shipping Co..

Online Published Date: 23 July 1994

Appeared in issue: 384 - 23 July 1994