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Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd. v. Gibbs (The Salem) - House of Lords (Lords Diplock, Scarman, Roskill, Brandon and Brightman) - 17 February 1983
Shell had been deprived by fraud of a cargo of nearly 200,000 tons of crude oil which they had bought on cif terms. The facts of the case are probably well known by now. Conspirators in South Africa had bought the vessel Salem
, manned her and..
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Oceanica Castelana Armadora S.A. v. Mineralimportexport - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Lloyd J.) - 27 January 1983
In November 1981 the plaintiffs obtained Mareva injunctions over the defendants’ assets within the jurisdiction including cargoes of coke aboard vessels loading at the port of Barry, South Wales. The defendants wished to obtain the release of..
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The Antaios (No. 2) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Staughton J.) - 19 November 1982
This was an application for leave to appeal under the Arbitration Act 1979. There had been three concurrent arbitrations involving shipowners, charterers, sub-charterers and sub-sub-charterers. The question in issue was whether owners were entitled..
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The Antaios (No. 2) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Staughton J.) 19 November 1982
This is not quite as confusing as it sounds! The new section 6A of the Arbitration Act 1979 provides:
Unless the High Court gives leave, no appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from a decision of the High Court -..
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Crossoceanic Navigational Services Pte. Ltd. v. The owners of and other persons interested in the vessel Enfield (The Enfield) - Singapore Court of Appeal - 28 May 1982
The plaintiffs were ship agents in Madras employed by the defendants in respect of their vessel Enfield
. The plaintiffs claimed to be owed money for disbursements made on behalf of the Enfield
and arrested the vessel at Singapore on 15 May 1980...
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The Aegean Sun - Supreme Court - SALR December 1982 (4)
The plaintiffs were consignees of a cargo of rice carried on board the defendants’ vessel Aegean Sun
for delivery at Abidjan. En route the ship and cargo had been damaged and the ship forced to put into Cape Town for repairs. Part of the rice..
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The Tento - U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) - 20 December 1982
The Tento
was a Norwegian flag vessel owned by I/S Norexim. Owners time-chartered her to Aspen Steamship Co., who sub-chartered her to Coin S.A. Both Aspen and Coin operated from New York City. The Tento
had significant trade at U.S. ports...
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Intercontinental Natural Resources Ltd. v. Hunter Shipping Co. (The Michael L - District Ct. (SDNY) - 23 December 1982
The charterparty (dated 1974) provided that any disputes should be submitted to arbitration earlier in New York or London (whichever place was specified in Part I of the charter). Each party was to appoint its own arbitrator and the two so chosen..
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