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Port of Tilbury (London) Ltd v Stora Enso Transport & Distribution Ltd and Anr – Court of Appeal (Rix, Toulson and Rimer LJJ) – 23 January 2009
(2009) 762 LMLN 2
The claimant (“the Port”) concluded a long-term contract with the defendants (“Stora”) whereby the Port agreed to construct, at its cost, facilities for the handling of Stora’s paper products at..
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04 February 2009
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762 - 03 February 2009
Laroche v Spirit of Adventure (UK) Ltd – Court of Appeal (Mummery, Dyson and Jacob LJJ) – 21 January 2009
(2009) 762 LMLN 1
The defendant arranged “adventure experiences”, including hot-air balloon flights. In December 2001 the claimant was given a voucher for a hot-air balloon flight organised by the defendant, which had been purchased by..
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04 February 2009
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762 - 03 February 2009
Friederike Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane SpA – Case C-549/07 – European Court of Justice (K Lenaerts, President of Chamber, T von Danwitz, E. Juhász, G. Arestis and J. Malenovsk?, Judges, E Sharpston A-G) – 22 December 2008
(2009) 762 LMLN 3 (2)
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (“the regulation”) established common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights.
The applicant..
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04 February 2009
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762 - 03 February 2009
Raichandani and Anr v The Government of the Special Hong Kong Administrative Region – QBD (Admin Court)(Sir Anthony May, President QB, and Simon J) – 20 January 2009
(2009) 762 LMLN 3
The appellants, Mr and Mrs Raichandani, had lived in London since April 2000. They had left Hong Kong, separately and in a hurry, in December 1998, when their company, Suzika Electronics Co Ltd (“Suzika”) collapsed...
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04 February 2009
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762 - 03 February 2009
Kent Trade and Finance Inc and Ors v JP Morgan Chase Bank and Anr (The “Lanner”) – Canadian Federal Court of Appeal (Richard CJ, Pelletier and Ryer JJA) – 12 December 2008
(2009) 763 LMLN 2(2)
Three suppliers of necessaries (“the claimants”) supplied fuel oil to the vessel Lanner on various occasions. None of the claimants were American companies; the Lanner was not an American-registered vessel, and the..
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16 February 2009
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763 - 18 February 2009
Transport and Logistic Consulting SA v Schlumberger Seaco Inc – QBD (Com Ct) (HH Judge Chambers QC sitting as a Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division) – 27 January 2009
(2009) 763 LMLN 2
In 2004 the claimants agreed to provide marine agency services to a company in the defendants’ group (“Galaxie”) in connection with operations centred upon Luba Free Port in Equatorial Guinea. The Customs..
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16 February 2009
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763 - 18 February 2009
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Bermuda) Ltd v BP Shipping Ltd – QBD (Com Ct) (Blair J – 29 January 2009
(2009) 763 LMLN 1
The claimant had managed the defendant’s vessels over a 20 year period since 1987. On 1 July 1994, at a time when the defendant owned 17 vessels, the parties entered into a new agreement whereby the claimant provided crew..
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16 February 2009
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763 - 18 February 2009
Allianz SpA (formerly Riunione Adriatica Di Sicurta SpA) and Ors v West Tankers Inc (The “Front Comor”) – Case C-185/07 – European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) (V Skouris, President, P Jann, CWA Timmermans, A Rosas, K Lenaerts and A Ó Caoimh, Presidents of Chambers, P Kuris, E Juhász,– G Arestis, A Borg Barthet, J Kluãka, E Levits and L Bay Larsen, Judges, K Kokott A-G) – 10 February 2009
(2009) 763 LMLN 3
The vessel Front Comor was chartered by Erg Petroli SpA under an Asbatankvoy charter containing a London arbitration clause. In August 2000 the Front Comor collided with Erg’s oil jetty at Syracuse. Erg’s insurers paid..
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16 February 2009
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763 - 18 February 2009