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Cathiship SA v Allanasons Ltd (The “Catherine Helen”) - QBD (Com Ct)(Geoffrey Brice QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) - 2 June 1998
The vessel Catherine Helen
was chartered on an amended Gencon form which contained, at clause 23, an amended Centrocon arbitration clause as follows:
“Any claim must be made in writing and claimants’ arbitrator appointed within one year..
Online Published Date:
07 July 1998
Appeared in issue:
487 - 07 July 1998
Corcovado Yacht Charters Ltd v Foreshore Projects Ltd -Federal Court (Trial Div)(Hargrave P) - 9 February 1998
The plaintiff operated a tackle shop, fishing charter booking centre and fishing charter operation from a building in part built on piling at Granville Island, in False Creek, a part of Vancouver Island. The plaintiff claimed that its landlord..
Online Published Date:
07 July 1998
Appeared in issue:
487 - 07 July 1998
Newcastle Protection and Indemnity Association v Assurance Foreningen Gard Gjensidig (The “Labrador”) - QBD (Com Ct)(Colman J) - 24 April 1998
The owners of the vessel Labrador
were in the Newcastle P & I Club (“the plaintiff”) and the time-charterers were in the Gard P & I Club (“the defendant”). While the Labrador
was discharging a cargo of bagged..
Online Published Date:
07 July 1998
Appeared in issue:
487 - 07 July 1998
Armada Lines Ltd v Chaleur Fertilizers Ltd - Supreme Court (La Forest, L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, Iacobucci and Major JJ) - 26 June 1997
The Federal Court of Appeal held that the arrest of cargo by shipowners had been “without legal justification”, and had awarded the cargo owners “damages” for loss of interest in posting security and for loss of use of..
Online Published Date:
07 July 1998
Appeared in issue:
487 - 07 July 1998
Jolley v London Borough of Sutton - Court of Appeal (Lord Woolf MR, Roch and Judge LJJ) - 19 June 1998
The plaintiff, who was a 14 year old schoolboy at the date of the accident, sued the defendant local authority for damages in respect of personal injuries sustained when a small abandoned, rotting cabin cruiser fell on to the plaintiff as he lay..
Online Published Date:
21 July 1998
Appeared in issue:
488 - 21 July 1998
London Arbitration 9/98
The vessel was chartered on the Asbatankvoy form. A Rider to the charterparty contained the following terms:
‘2. Amendments to Asbatankvoy Charterparty
b) Amended Part II..
Online Published Date:
21 July 1998
Appeared in issue:
488 - 21 July 1998
London Arbitration 11/98
The vessel was chartered on the Gencon form for a voyage from Rotterdam to Bandar Imam Khomeini with a cargo of bulk petcoke. There was a delay in providing cargo documents at the loading port due to the fact that a draft survey was carried out on..
Online Published Date:
21 July 1998
Appeared in issue:
488 - 21 July 1998
London Arbitration 12/98
The vessel was chartered on the Gencon form. A dispute arose in relation to the calculation of despatch. The issue was as to how time saved should be calculated. The charterers took into account laytime exceptions and claimed despatch for time..
Online Published Date:
21 July 1998
Appeared in issue:
488 - 21 July 1998
London Arbitration 13/98
The vessel was chartered on the Gencon form for the carriage of a part cargo of petcoke. The charter made it clear that the owners’ intention was to load about 15,000 metric tons of pipes in addition. The printed words in Box 12 of the charter..
Online Published Date:
21 July 1998
Appeared in issue:
488 - 21 July 1998
London Arbitration 10/98
The vessel was chartered on the NYPE form. The owners claimed for loss and damage suffered as a result of the vessel being redelivered with her holds uncleaned. The charterers had, at one time, wished to redeliver the vessel prior to the expiry of..
Online Published Date:
21 July 1998
Appeared in issue:
488 - 21 July 1998