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Primera Maritime (Hellas) Ltd and Others v Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industry Co Ltd and Another – QBD (Comm Ct) (Flaux J) [2013] EWHC 3066 (Comm) – 15 October 2013
Arbitration
– Award – Serious irregularity – Claimant buyers contending that sellers had
renounced shipbuilding contracts – Arbitrators dismissing claim on basis that
buyers affirmed contract – Buyers challenging award on basis that arbitrators
failed to deal with issues that had been put to them
Online Published Date:
29 October 2013
Appeared in issue:
885 - 01 November 2013
TMM Division Maritima SA de CV v Pacific Richfield Marine Pte Ltd – High Ct (Chan Seng Onn J) [2013] SGHC 186 – 23 September 2013
Arbitration
– Award – Whether award should be set aside for breach of natural justice or
excess of jurisdiction – Dispute arising out of sale of ships and purported
repudiatory breach by seller
Online Published Date:
29 October 2013
Appeared in issue:
885 - 01 November 2013
Minerva Navigation Inc v Oceana Shipping AG (The “Athena”) – Court of Appeal (Tomlinson, Lewison and Underhill LJJ) [2013] EWCA Civ 1723 – 23 October 2013
Charterparty
– Off-hire – Clause 15 of NYPE form – Whether vessel off-hire during period of
drifting – Whether charterers suffered net loss of time
Online Published Date:
29 October 2013
Appeared in issue:
885 - 01 November 2013
Flame SA v Glory Wealth Shipping Pte Ltd (The “Glory Wealth”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Teare J) [2013] EWHC 3153 (Comm) – 22 October 2013
Charterparty
– Damages – Disponent owners accepting charterers’ repudiatory breaches –
Whether disponent owners required to prove they could have performed
obligations had there been no repudiation in order to recover substantial
damages – Construction of contract – Arbitration – Award – Serious irregularity
Online Published Date:
29 October 2013
Appeared in issue:
885 - 01 November 2013