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Continental Bank of Canada, et al. v. Riedel International Inc. et al. (The Green Giant) - Federal Court (Trial Division) (Dubé J.) - 4 March 1988

The Bank was the owner of the tug, Westminster Tyee , which was chartered to Rivtow Straits Ltd. (“Rivtow”). On 21 January 1983, while towing the barge Green Giant , the Westminster Tyee allowed the boom of a crane mounted on the deck..

Online Published Date: 10 September 1988

Appeared in issue: 231 - 10 September 1988

Itel Containers International Corp. and others v. Atlanttrafik Express Service Ltd. and others - U.S. District Court (S.D.N.Y.) (Carter D.J.) - 13 July 1988

This was a motion by the plaintiffs to exclude evidence of English law on three issues arising out of their claim to make the Sea Containers Group liable for breaches of various agreements between the plaintiffs and AES Ltd., an associated English..

Online Published Date: 10 September 1988

Appeared in issue: 231 - 10 September 1988

Moswolds Rederi A.S. v. The Food Corporation of India; The Food Corporation of India v. Moswolds Rederi A.S. (The Arras and The Heogh Rover) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Evans J.) - 28 April 1988

Under a charterparty dated 23 May 1974, The Arras and The Heogh Rover performed voyages from U.S. Gulf ports to Calcutta, where they discharged by means of lightening vessels, such discharge being completed during November 1974. The charterparty..

Online Published Date: 10 September 1988

Appeared in issue: 231 - 10 September 1988

Prekookeanska Plovidba v. L.N.T. Lines S.R.L. - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hirst J.) - 27 June 1988

The issue in this case was whether funds held in a solicitor’s client account and subject to the solicitor’s lien for unpaid fees were subject to a Mareva injunction, obtained at the suit of a plaintiff after an award in arbitration..

Online Published Date: 10 September 1988

Appeared in issue: 231 - 10 September 1988

Santam Insurance Company Limited v. S.A. Stevedores Limited - Supreme Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) (Wilson J.) - 28 July 1988

The plaintiffs were pursuing a claim ceded to them by their insured, Toyota S.A. Manufacturing Ltd., who were owners of a consignment of engines, some of which were damaged during the unloading operation, allegedly through the negligence of the..

Online Published Date: 10 September 1988

Appeared in issue: 231 - 10 September 1988

Daval Steel Products v. M/V Acadia Forest and others (The Acadia Forest) - U.S. District Court (S.D.N.Y.) (Mukasey D.J.) - 14 April 1988

The plaintiffs sued for damage to their shipment of steel products that allegedly occurred during a voyage on the defendants’ vessel Acadia Forest , from Antwerp to New Orleans. The defendants sought to limit their liability to $500 per..

Online Published Date: 10 September 1988

Appeared in issue: 231 - 10 September 1988

Crown Forest Industries Ltd. & another v. Valley Towing Ltd. & others (The Sea Cap XII) Fed.Ct. (Addy J.) - 24 March 1988

At 20 15 hours on 22 February, 1984 a collision occurred on the North Arm of the Fraser river as the tug Sea Cap XII and its tow, a barge with a cargo of chips, were passing a large tow of logs in tow of the tug, Dorothy MacKenzie , assisted by the..

Online Published Date: 24 September 1988

Appeared in issue: 232 - 24 September 1988

Nova Petroleum Int. Establishment v. Tricon Trading Ltd. (The Antonio Gramsci) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Evans J.) - 28 April 1988

This appeal arose out of an arbitration between Nova, as sellers, and Tricon, as buyers of 20,000 tonnes plus/minus 10% of gas oil USSR origin c.i.f. Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp, delivery 15th_28th February 1985. Tricon were in turn c.i.f. sellers..

Online Published Date: 24 September 1988

Appeared in issue: 232 - 24 September 1988

John Joseph Blair Whitbread v. Robert Norman Walley & Others (The Calrossie) - Fed.Ct. of Appeal (Carrothers, McLachlin and Wallace JJ.) - 12 May 1988

On 27 March 1983, Whitbread took a 32 foot pleasure craft, the Calrossie from its moorings in Coal Harbour and set out for the Wigwam Inn at the North end of the Indian Arm, a navigable arm of the sea. During the trip, he asked one of the..

Online Published Date: 24 September 1988

Appeared in issue: 232 - 24 September 1988

Ceres Stevedoring Co. Ltd. v. Sears Ltd. and Reichold Ltd. and Others (The Tolya Komar) - Fed.Ct. of Appeal (Desjardins, Pratte and Lacombe JJ.) - 9 June 1988

Two offset printing presses, shipped under clean bills of lading on the vessel Tolya Komar for a voyage from Bremen, West Germany to Montreal, were damaged after discharge while resting in shed 66 at the Port of Montreal, prior to delivery to..

Online Published Date: 24 September 1988

Appeared in issue: 232 - 24 September 1988