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Mike Trading and Transport Ltd. v. Roman Pagnan & Pietro Pagnan (T/A Pagnan & Fratelli) - Lord Denning, M.R., Lord Justices Waller and Dunn - C.A. - July 30, 1980
Following engine failure off Tunisia the 29-year-old Lisboa
was towed in to La Goulette. She was en route from Buenos Aires to Chioggia, N. Italy with a perishable cargo. The vessel was then towed from Tunisia to the discharge port. Both tows were..
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07 August 1980
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Armar Shipping Co. Ltd. v. Caisse Algerienne D’Assurance et de Reassurance - Lord Justice Megaw, Sir Stanley Rees and Lord Justice Oliver - July 31, 1980
This was an appeal from the granting of leave to serve a writ out of the jurisdiction under R.S.C., O.11, r.1(1)(f)(iii) - where the action brought was on a contract which by its terms, or by implication, was governed by English law. The contract..
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07 August 1980
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20/80
The owners claimed in relation to a dispute regarding redelivery fuel and gas oil quantities. The all-important charter-party clause stipulated, inter alia
, as follows:
. . . the owners, at the port of redelivery, shall take over and pay for all..
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07 August 1980
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Eagle Terminal Tankers v. Insurance Co. of the U.S.S.R. - Judge Knapp - U.S. District Court, SDNY - May 22, 1980
The U.S. flag, Eagle Courier
, under charter to carry grain to the U.S.S.R. sailed from Port Arthur, Texas on Dec. 30, 1975 on a voyage intended to terminate in Leningrad but with a planned refuelling stop at Rotterdam. On arrival at Rotterdam in..
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07 August 1980
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Time charterers’ agents signed a bill of lading for cargo loaded showing as port of discharge “West Africa/Warri”. The charterers had a sub-voyage charter with B of which the owners knew nothing. The bill was negotiated to B and..
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21 August 1980
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21 - 21 August 1980
National Labor Relations Board v. ILA - U.S. Supreme Court - June 20, 1980
Following a strike by longshoremen in 1968_69 it was agreed, as part of the settlement, that if a container had been loaded within
50 miles of the port of sailing, by workers other than employees of the beneficial owner of the cargo, members of the..
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21 August 1980
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Point of law of public importance
On July 21, 1980, the Divisional Court, although refusing leave to appeal to the House of Lords, certified that a point of law of general public importance was involved in the decision. That point was “whether under s.27(1) of the Merchant..
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21 August 1980
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Tropwood A.G. of Zug v. Jade Enterprises - Mr. Justice Robert Goff - Q.B. (Com.Ct.) - July 24, 1980
The dispute, which came before the Court on a special case stated by two arbitrators, arose out of a New York Produce Exchange charter for a min. 9/max. 12 months. The owners purported to withdraw the vessel from the charterers’ service for..
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21 August 1980
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Hodge v. Higgins (The Harcourt) - Lord Lane L.C.J. and Mr. Justice Comyn - Q.B. (Div.Ct.) - July 15, 1980
The appellant was the master of the Harcourt
which at the material time was lying at anchor in the Hull West Roads in the Humber. At 20.30 on Apr. 8, 1979, the vessel was observed to be without a forward anchor light. Prior to retiring to bed with..
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21 August 1980
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21 - 21 August 1980