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Nippon Yusen Kaisha v Scindia Steam Navigation Co Ltd - QBD (Com Ct)(Rix J) - 30 April 1998
The vessel was ordered off her discharging berth by the port authorities until security was put up for the costs of storing and removing from the port area cargo which had been damaged by an ingress of seawater. The issues in this case were: Who,..
Online Published Date:
23 June 1998
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486 - 23 June 1998
Drouot Assurances SA v Consolidated Metallurgical Industries and Ors - European Court of Justice (C Gulmann, President of Chamber and Judges M Wathelet, J C Moitinho de Almeida, D A O Edward and L Sevon)(Advocate General N Fennelly) - 19 May 1998
A barge carrying cargo from Rotterdam to a French port on the Rhine foundered in Netherlands inland waters. The hull insurers had the barge refloated at their own expense, and brought proceedings in France against inter alios
the cargo owners and..
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23 June 1998
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486 - 23 June 1998
The Owners of the cargo lately laden on board the MV ‘Sea Joy’ v The MV ‘Sea Joy’ - Cape Provincial Division (Thring J) - 7 August 1997
The plaintiff shippers (who owned the relevant cargo) brought an admiralty action in rem
against the vessel and the shipowners in respect of cargo damage. The cargo had been improperly stowed in the vessel. As a result, the cargo had shifted,..
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23 June 1998
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486 - 23 June 1998
Porto Seguro Companhia De Seguros Gerais v Belcan SA and Others (The ‘Federal Danube’) - Supreme Court (L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ) - 18 December 1997
The vessels Beograd
and Federal Danube
collided on 11 December 1984. The plaintiff insurers of the cargo on board the Beograd
had paid their insured in respect of the loss of the cargo of beans and now brought a subrogated claim against inter..
Online Published Date:
23 June 1998
Appeared in issue:
486 - 23 June 1998