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New South Wales Leather Co. Pty Ltd. v. Vanguard Insurance Co. Ltd. - Supreme Ct. of New South Wales (Adm.Div.) (Carruthers J.) - 16 March 1990
The plaintiffs were importers of leather. They took out an open “Marine Policy” with the defendant insurance company. The policy contained a goods “lost or not lost” clause.
The plaintiffs entered into contracts for the..
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05 May 1990
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Morewitz v. West of England Shipowners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association (Luxembourg) - U.S. Court of Appeals (11th Circuit) (Tjoflat, Johnson and Eschbach C.JJ.) - 13 March 1990
This action arose out of the sinking of the vessel Imbros
, with the death of all crew members, somewhere off Bermuda in December 1975. The plaintiff was the appointed administrator of the estates of the deceased crewmen. He brought a wrongful death..
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Hoffman-Laroche Inc. v. M/V TEL Jefferson and others - U.S. District Ct. (S.D.N.Y.) (Carter D.J.) - 23 January 1990
The plaintiff sought damages from Panalpina Ltd. and Panalpina A.G. (collectively “Panalpina”) for, inter alia
, the loss of a shipment of pharmaceuticals during a voyage of the vessel TFL Jefferson
from Bremerhaven to New York...
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4/90
The vessel arrived at the outer anchorage of the discharge port at 07 20 on 20 April and tendered a notice of readiness which was not accepted until 08 00 on May 6 (by which time the vessel had berthed). The vessel had waited at the anchorage (some..
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5/90
The vessel was chartered on the Ferticon form to carry a cargo of bulk sulphur to “one/two safe berths each one/two safe ports/safe anchorages East Coast India . . . in Charterers’ option.
The charterers nominated Haldia. The vessel..
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6/90
One of the arguments raised by the owners in London Arbitration 5/90 was whether the charterers were estopped from contending that the notice was invalid by reason of their conduct in making no comment for a month and a half after they had received..
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Medway Packaging Ltd. v. Meurer Maschinen G.m.b.H. & Co. - Court of Appeal (Fox, Parker and Ralph Gibson L.JJ.) - 3 May 1990
The plaintiffs, an English company, entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with the defendants, a company in the Federal Republic of Germany. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants were in repudiatory breach of that agreement by giving..
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19 May 1990
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Cosemar S.A. v. Marimarna Shipping Co. Ltd. (The Mathew) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Steyn J.) - 11 April 1990
In February 1988 Sucrimex sold 80,000 tonnes E.E.C. sugar f.o.b. to Anglo-Chemical. Anglo-Chemical sold the cargo to another company on C. & F. terms.
By a charterparty on the N.Y.P.E. form dated 7 June 1988 the owners of the vessel Mathew
,..
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19 May 1990
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Mercury Bay Boating Club Inc. v. San Diego Yacht Club - New York Court of Appeals (Wachtler C.J., Alexander, Simons, Kay, Bellacosa, Hancock & Titone JJ.) - 26 April 1990
In September 1988 in the waters off San Diego, California, Mercury Bay Boating Club’s challenger vessel, the New Zealand
, a monohull-keeled yacht, was defeated two races to none by San Diego Yacht Club’s defending twin-hulled catamaran,..
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19 May 1990
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Black Swan Inc. v. Castle Supply and Marketing Inc. (The Altus) - Before Stephen H. Busch, Chairman, Jack Ferrars and Pieter Vismans - S.M.A. Award 2620
The vessel Altus
was chartered on the Asbatankvoy form to carry a cargo of crude oil from Skikda, Algeria to a wide range of Atlantic North American and Carribbean ports. The vessel arrived and anchored on Skikda Roads at 06 36 on 6 November 1988...
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