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The Star of Luxor - Mr. Justice Sheen - Q.B. (Adm.Ct.) - Oct. 15, 1980
This was a defendants’ motion for an order that all further proceedings in an action brought against them in England be stayed.
In 1978 a cargo of Egyptian cotton yarn was carried in the defendants’ vessel, the Star of Luxor
, from..
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30 October 1980
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Woodstock Shipping Co. v. Kyma Compania Naviera (The Wave) - Mr. Justice Mustill - Q.B. (Com.Ct.) Oct. 6, 7 and 15, 1980
The plaintiffs claimed damages amounting to approx. $4 million against the defendants, a Panamania company, the owners of the vessel Wave
. The plaintiffs claimed that: (i) there had been an agreement reached in April 1979 between brokers in London..
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Woodstock Shipping Co. v. Kyma Compania Naviera S.A. (The Wave) - Mr. Justice Mustill - Q.B. (Com.Ct.) - Oct. 6, 7 and 15, 1980
The plaintiffs, Woodstock Shipping Co., claimed damages from the defendants Kymer Compania Naviera S.A. in respect of the repudiation of a time charter-party said to have been concluded between the plaintiffs and the defendants on the vessel Wave
...
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The Vysotsk - Mr. Justice Sheen - Q.B. (Adm.Ct.) - Oct. 23, 1980
In July 1976 two collisions occurred in the Malacca Strait. The first between Diego Silang
(plaintiffs) and Vysotsk
(defendants) and the second, a few minutes later, between Diego Silang
and Brazilian Faith
.
In respect of the first collision Mr...
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30 October 1980
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The Fordson - Q.B.D. (Div.Ct.) (Lord Lane C.J. and Lloyd J.) - 14 October 1980
The defendant was the owner of the m/v Fordson
, and had held a waterman’s licence from the Port of London Authority (PLA) for over 25 years. On June 12, 1978 the PLA, purporting to act under bye-law 8(4) of the Port of London Waterman and..
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Regina v. Kelly and Ors. - Lord Lane, C.J.,
Mr. Justice Stocker and Mr. Justice Glidewell - C.A. - Oct. 24, 1980
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from three defendants against their convictions on charges of Criminal Damage contrary to s.1(1) Criminal Damages Act 1971. The defendants..
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Coral Navigation Inc. v. Avin Chartering S.A. (The Kwai) - Mr. Justice Robert Goff - Q.B. (Com.Ct.) - Oct. 23, 1980
A dispute as to the construction of a charter-party was submitted to arbitration conducted under the Arbitration Act 1979. The arbitrators made a unanimous reasoned award in favour of the owners and added that they found the charterers’ case..
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A vessel was chartered for a trip from Europe via safe ports, always within Institute Warranty Limits (IWL), to the Persian Gulf.
A dispute arose as to liability for additional war risks premiums. The owners claimed the total additional premiums..
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Shell & BP South African Petroleum Refineries (Pty) Ltd., & Ors. v. Osborne Panama S.A. - Mr. Justice Howard - Durban & Coast Local Division - May 4, 1980
The defendant’s vessel, in the process of mooring, collided with a mooring buoy. The first plaintiffs, the joint owners of the buoy, sued the shipowner for damages. Although the pilot was in direct control of navigation the defendant shipowner..
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation v. Marriott Corporation, et al - U.S. Court of Appeals (6 Cir.) - Chief Judge Edwards, Circuit Judges Lively and Engel - Oct. 2, 1980
Disputes arose out of the collision of the Steelton
, a U.S. vessel, with a bridge spanning the Welland Canal on the St. Lawrence Seaway. Claims were filed in the U.S.A. and Canada against the shipowners by charterers and owners of vessels that had..
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