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Christopher and others v. The vessel Fiji Gas - Court of Appeal Queensland (McPherson and Pincus JJ.A., and Thomas J.)
- 26 February 1993
This case arose out of a collision between the fishing vessel Antonia
and M.V. Fiji Gas
. The owner of the latter vessel was sued by the owners of the Antonia
and admitted liability to the owners, who were the first plaintiffs,..
Online Published Date:
03 April 1993
Appeared in issue:
350 - 03 April 1993
Baltic Shipping Company v. Joan Norma Dillon (the Mikhail Lermontov) - High Court of Australia - 10 February 1993
The plaintiff was a passenger on the defendant’s cruise liner “Mikhail Lermontov” which sank on 16 February, 1986 during the course of a 14-day cruise off the New Zealand Sounds. The sinking of the vessel was due to the negligent..
Online Published Date:
03 April 1993
Appeared in issue:
350 - 03 April 1993
Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London v. The Narrows, L. & L. Enterprises - Supreme Court of the States of Alaska (Rabinowitz, Burke, Matthews and Compton JJ.) - 29 January 1993
The Narrows, a bar, restaurant and residence owned by Jeanne L. Lindley and Carson E. Lindley, was destroyed by fire in May 1989. After their proof of loss claim was rejected, the Lindleys (“the insureds”) sued underwriters at..
Online Published Date:
03 April 1993
Appeared in issue:
350 - 03 April 1993
Global Mercantile Corporation (Pvt) Ltd. v. United River Service and others (The Kapitan Lukhmanov) - 17 February 1993
The plaintiff lighter-owner, upon filing an Admiralty suit for recovery of lighterage hire for carrying cargo from outer anchorage to destination, filed an application for the arrest of the vessel Kapitan Lukhmanov
as security for its claim. The..
Online Published Date:
03 April 1993
Appeared in issue:
350 - 03 April 1993
Everglade Maritime Inc. v. Schiffahrtsgesellschaft Detlef Von Appen m.b.H. (The Maria) - Court of Appeal (Sir Thomas Bingham M.R., Kennedy and
Evans L.JJ.) - 25 March 1993
The claimant owners brought arbitration proceedings claiming in excess of $73,000 as the balance of hire due under a time charterparty. On 22 June 1990, about a month before the hearing, the respondent charterers made a..
Online Published Date:
17 April 1993
Appeared in issue:
351 - 17 April 1993
3/93
The vessel was chartered on the Gencon form for the carriage of a part-cargo of bagged fishmeal. The fishmeal was loaded in the bottoms of each of the ship’s five holds. It was then over-stowed by another similar cargo which was carried under..
Online Published Date:
17 April 1993
Appeared in issue:
351 - 17 April 1993
4/93
The vessel was chartered on the Asbatankvoy form. When the ship arrived at the discharge port (when she was already on demurrage) she was not able to reach a berth because of weather conditions. She accordingly gave notice of readiness and anchored..
Online Published Date:
17 April 1993
Appeared in issue:
351 - 17 April 1993
5/93
The voyage charterers had difficulty in providing all the cargo promptly at the loading port. After the ship had loaded for about a day the owners threatened to sail on the grounds that, according to them, the second part of the charterers’..
Online Published Date:
17 April 1993
Appeared in issue:
351 - 17 April 1993