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Taylor v. O’Keefe (The Nordic Clansman) - Q.B.D. (Div.Ct.) (Robert Goff L.J. and Webster J.) - 26 July 1983
On 8 April 1980 the respondent was the Master of the British registered vessel Nordic Clansman.
The vessel was 138,701 tons gross weight and 1101 feet in length. She had sailed from Immingham and was bound for ports in the Gulf which involved..
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04 August 1983
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Manta Line Inc. v. Seraphim Sofianites - Court of Appeal (Sir John Donaldson M.R., Ackner & Fox L.JJ.) - 29 June 1983
The plaintiffs (Manta) were a company incorporated in Liberia, and were a general shipping management company operating from Piraeus in Greece. The defendant lived in Athens. Manta wished to bring an action against the defendant for, inter alia
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04 August 1983
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Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. v. JVC (U.K.) Ltd. (The Chevalier Rose) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Parker J.) - 29 June 1983
The defendants were the “notify party” on a bill of lading relating to the carriage of a cargo of television sets in containers from Japan to Southampton in the plaintiffs’ vessel Chevalier Roze.
The place of delivery was stated..
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04 August 1983
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Antaios Compania Naviera S.A. v. Salen Rederierna A.B. (The Antaios (No. 2)) - Court of Appeal (Sir John Donaldson M.R., Ackner & Fox L.JJ.) - 8 July 1983
The Arbitration Act 1979 was passed with the intention of restricting the opportunities for appealing from the decisions of Arbitrators. A High Court judge was, however, empowered to give leave to appeal from an arbitration award under certain..
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04 August 1983
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The vessel was chartered on the Baltime form. The descriptive words in the preamble of the charterparty were: “. . . about 13 knots in good weather and smooth water . . .”
There was also an added-on Clause 26 headed “Vessel’s..
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04 August 1983
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Clea Shipping Corporation v. Bulk Oil International Ltd. The Alaskan Trader - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Lloyd J.) - 29 July 1983
On 19 October 1979 the vessel Alaskan Trader
was chartered by the disponent owners to the charterers for a period of 24 months 15 days more or less. She was an old vessel having been built in 1954. On 19 October 1980, after she had been on the..
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18 August 1983
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A. v. B. - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Leggatt J.) - 28 June 1983
In this application Leggatt J. had to consider the circumstances in which solicitors are entitled to exercise a lien on documents in respect of costs unpaid by their client. In Gamlen Chemical Co.
v. Rochem Ltd.
[1980] 1 W.L.R. 614, the Court of..
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18 August 1983
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The Sennar (No. 2) - Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Sheen J.) - 23 June 1983
The plaintiffs were the successors in title of a German company (referred to as GfG) which purchased a quantity of Sudanese groundnut expellers from Pagco S.A. of Geneva. It was a condition of the sale contract that the goods would be shipped not..
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18 August 1983
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Castle Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Hong Kong Islands Shipping Co. Ltd. (The Potoi Chau) - Privy Council (Lord Diplock, Lord Roskill, Lord Brandon, Lord Brightman & Sir John Megaw) - 25 July 1983
The issues for consideration by the Privy Council were the dates of the commencement of the cause of action in general average cases. The bills of lading provided that general average was to be adjusted and settled according to the York-Antwerp..
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18 August 1983
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The Black Bear - Supreme Ct. of Brit. Columbia (Locke J.) - 28 June 1983
A claim of a tug owner for a decree of limitation of liability arose out of a collision between a barge in tow of his tug and the supporting pier of a railway bridge swing span in the Fraser River.
The Master of the tug contended that on his..
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18 August 1983
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US Jones Act - Attorneys’ fees
In a recent case before the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana the District Judge awarded $10,000 attorneys’ fees against a Jones Act seaman’s employer after the jury had found the employer had acted wilfully and..
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18 August 1983
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