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Hewison v Meridian Shipping Pte and Ors (The "Flex Installer") - Court of Appeal (Ward, Tuckey and Clarke LJJ) - 11 December 2002
The claimant suffered serious personal injuries while employed by the first defendant as an AB/crane operator on the cable-laying vessel Flex Installer which was owned by the third defendant and chartered to the second defendant. The defendants..
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26 December 2002
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603 - 26 December 2002
MV "Ivory Tirupati" and Anr v Badan Urusan Logistik - Supreme Court of Appeal (Hefer AP, Scott, Farlam, Conradie JJA and Jones AJA) - 29 November 2002
Badan Urusan Logistik ("the respondents") were the owners of a cargo of Indian rice shipped on board the vessel Amer Prabha between India and Indonesia. The cargo was damaged, and on 11 December 1996 the respondents issued a writ in rem in Hong..
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26 December 2002
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603 - 26 December 2002
United States Court declines to overturn "Great Circle" decision on "subject details" issue
There is an important difference between United States law and English law on the question whether a charterparty which has been fixed "subject details" is a binding contract. The position in English law is that there is generally no binding..
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26 December 2002
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603 - 26 December 2002
Sabah Shipyard (Pakistan) Ltd v Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Court of Appeal (Pill and Waller LJJ and Sir Martin Nourse) - 14 November 2002
The claimant ("Sabah") was a Pakistan company owned by a Malaysian parent, and had been incorporated for the sole purpose of entering into certain agreements with the government of Pakistan ("GOP") and a state owned corporation, the Karachi..
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26 December 2002
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603 - 26 December 2002