Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

8 October 1990 On 25 June 1987 the parties, who were both French companies, concluded a contract for the sale of 5,000 tons of Chinese sweet potatoes. The sellers were Intertradax and the buyers were Etablissements Soules et Cie. There were two..

The vessel Sardinia Sulcis was damaged by the vessel Al Tawwab in April 1979. At the time, the Sardinia Sulcis was on time-charter to Kawasaki Kishen Kaisha Ltd (“KKK”), who paid for the repairs. KKK sought to recover the cost of the..

Nidera (“the sellers”) contracted to sell to Toepfer (“the buyers”) 35,000 tonnes of barley on an f.o.b. basis. Nidera had itself contracted to buy the barley from Romak SA. The shipment period was to be April or May 1986, to..

Mr. Eberheim insured his boat under a policy taken out with the plaintiff insurance company. The policy insured the boat against “all risks of direct physical loss from any external cause”. The policy defined “all risk” as..