AKTIEBOLAGET GOTAVERKEN v. WESTMINSTER CORPORATION OF MONROVIA AND ANOTHER

[1971] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 505

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Donaldson

Ship-repairers - Alleged defective hatch covers and hatches-Liability of ship-repairers for defects in design - Swedish Shipbuilders' Association General Regulations (1956), regs. 11, 13 - Whether ship-repairers liable for detention of vessel while undergoing remedial work - Meaning of "indirect damages" - Whether claims time-barred. Arbitration - Consultative case stated by arbitrators - Questions of law - Court requested to express an opinion on questions of law arising on facts assumed by the arbitrators and further facts to be assumed by Court - Comments by Court - Arbitration Act, 1950, sect. 21 (1) (a).