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Lordsvale Finance PLC v Bank of Zambia - QBD (Com Ct)(Colman J) - 20 March 1996
Because one of the issues in this application by the plaintiffs for summary judgment was of far-reaching importance in the English law of banking, judgment was given in open court.
The plaintiffs sought to claim sums due from the defendants under a..
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11 May 1996
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Matsuura Machiner Corporation and Others v Hapag Lloyds AG and Others (The “Heidelberg Express”) - Federal Court (Trial Div)(Pinard J) - 5 March 1996
The plaintiff cargo owners claimed damages in respect of damage to a cargo of machinery. The cargo had been loaded into two containers by the shippers and forwarded by them to a port terminal in Japan. The plaintiffs had arranged through forwarding..
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11 May 1996
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Brooke Group Ltd and Others v JCH Syndicate 488 and Others - New York Court of Appeal (Simons, Titone, Bellacosa, Smith, Levine and Ciparick JJ) - 21 March 1996
The first plaintiff, an American corporation carrying on business in America, entered into an insurance contract with the defendants, who were Lloyd’s of London underwriters. One of the first plaintiff’s subsidiary companies had entered..
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11 May 1996
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Republic of India v India Steamship Co Ltd (The “Indian Endurance” and “Indian Grace” (No 2) - Court of Appeal (Staughton, Simon Brown and Auld LJJ) - 23 April 1996
The vessel Indian Grace
loaded a cargo of munitions in Sweden for carriage to India. During the course of the voyage a fire was discovered in one of the holds and the vessel diverted to Cherbourg. The cargo, which consisted mainly of artillery..
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11 May 1996
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431 - 11 May 1996