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Vitol SA v Norelf Ltd - House of Lords (Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Chancellor, Lord Griffiths, Lord Nolan, Lord Steyn and Lord Hoffmann) - 20 June 1996
The parties entered into a contract for the sale of a cargo of propane which provided certain dates for the cargo to be loaded. Before the vessel completed loading the buyers sent a telex to the sellers repudiating the contract on the ground that..
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06 July 1996
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435 - 06 July 1996
Vitol SA v Norelf Ltd - House of Lords (Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Chancellor, Lord Griffiths, Lord Nolan, Lord Steyn and Lord Hoffmann) - 20 June 1996
In the Court of Appeal, the respondent sellers had sought to rely on a respondent’s notice seeking in the alternative to rely on various factual matters as constituting acceptance of the buyers’ anticipatory breach of contract. The Court..
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06 July 1996
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435 - 06 July 1996
Ceval Alimentos SA v Agrimpex Trading Company Ltd (The “Northern Progress”) - QBD (Com Ct)(Rix J) - 18 April 1996
A c & f buyer of goods shipped in Brazil for delivery in the former Yugoslavia found that the owners of the ship engaged by his seller to carry the goods to the c & f destination, in the light of the warlike situation in the region, insisted..
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06 July 1996
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435 - 06 July 1996
Atlantic Maritime Enterprises Corp v Hong Kong Borneo Services Co Ltd - Before Alexis Nichols, Michael A van Gelder, Evangelos Venturas (Chair) - 30 August 1995 SMA No 3208
Brokers acting on behalf of shipowners Hong Kong Borneo Services (“HK Borneo”) entered into negotiations for the time chartering of one of their vessels. Brokers acting on behalf of Atlantic Maritime Enterprises (“Atlantic”)..
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06 July 1996
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435 - 06 July 1996
Tunstall v District Judge Holloway and Anr (The “Sincerity S”) - QBD (Admlty Ct)(Clarke J) - 6 February 1996
A supplier of goods and materials to the motor trawler Sincerity S
brought Admiralty proceedings in rem
in the Workington County Court. A district judge made an order directing the bailiffs to arrest the vessel. It was the practice in both the..
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06 July 1996
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435 - 06 July 1996
The Owners of Cargo Lately Laden on Board the Ship “Nazym Khikmet” and Other Ships v The Owners of the Ship “Nazym Khikmet” and Other Ships - Court of Appeal (Sir Thomas Bingham MR, Evans and Thorpe LJJ) - 23 May 1996
The plaintiff cargo owners complained of damage to a cargo of tobacco allegedly damaged in the course of carriage from India to the Ukraine on board the ship Nazym Khikmet
. The defendants were sued as the parties liable on that claim. They were the..
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20 July 1996
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436 - 20 July 1996
Centro Latino Americano De Commercio Exterior SA v The Owners of the Ship “Kommunar” (No 1) - QBD (Admlty Ct)(Clarke J) - 3 April 1996
The plaintiffs entered into an agreement with the Leningrad Fishing Industry Production Association (“Lenrybprom”) whereby the plaintiffs agreed to discharge expenses incurred by Lenrybprom’s vessels operating in Latin America...
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20 July 1996
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436 - 20 July 1996
Centro Latino Americano De Commercio Exterior SA v The Owners of the Ship “Kommunar” (No 2) - QBD (Admlty Ct)(Colman J) - 22 May 1996
Lenrybprom made a further application to set aside the arrest of their vessel Kommunar.
They said that at the time the relevant goods and services were supplied to the vessels Lenrybprom was an unincorporated association (referred to as..
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20 July 1996
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436 - 20 July 1996
Scott Steel Ltd v The “Alarisa” and Others - Federal Court (Trial Div)(John A Hargrave Prothonotary) - 13 March 1996
This was an application to determine the priorities to the proceeds of sale of the vessel Edmonton Queen
, as between the plaintiff, who claimed priority based on a possessory lien, a mortgagee (“the mortgagee”), who held a registered..
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20 July 1996
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436 - 20 July 1996
Can-Am Produce and Trading Ltd v The Owners and All Others Interested in The Ship “Senator” and Others - Federal Court (Trial Div)(John A Hargrave Prothonotary) - 22 April 1996
The plaintiff cargo owners brought proceedings against the defendants, Blue Heron Corporation and Maruba SCA arising out of loss and damage to a cargo of mangos carried on board the vessel Senator
.
The defendants applied for a stay of the..
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20 July 1996
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436 - 20 July 1996