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Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Co. Ltd. v. L’Office Cherifien des Phosphates Unitramp S.A. - Court of Appeal (Sir Thomas Bingham M.R., Beldam and Kennedy L.JJ.) - 7 April 1993
Prior to 1 January 1992 arbitrators had no power to dismiss a claim for want of prosecution on the ground of inordinate and inexcusable delay (see Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau
v. South India Shipping Corporation Ltd.
[1981] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 253)...
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01 May 1993
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352 - 01 May 1993
The Al Battani Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Sheen J.) -
6 April 1993
The plaintiff cargo interests chartered the defendants’ vessel Ibn Sina for the carriage of a cargo of potatoes in bags and citrus in cartons from Alexandria to Hamburg. The plaintiffs alleged that the vessel deviated in breach of..
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01 May 1993
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352 - 01 May 1993
Great Lakes Towing Company v. The Rhone - Supreme Court of Canada (La Forest, L’Heureux Dube, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.) - 25 February 1993
The moored vessel Rhone
was struck by the barge Peter A.B. Widener
(“Widener
”) in the Port of Montreal. At the time of the collision, the Widener
was being towed by four tugs. Two of the four tugs, the South Carolina
and the Ohio
,..
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01 May 1993
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352 - 01 May 1993
Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprise Pte Ltd. v. Horng Chang Enterprise Pte Ltd. and others - High Court of Singapore (G.P. Selvam J.C.) - 1 March 1993
This case concerned a serial sale of waste paper of Japanese origin. The ultimate consumer was an Indian company (“the Indian buyers”) who entered into an agreement with a Singapore company, the plaintiffs, for the purchase of pure white..
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01 May 1993
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352 - 01 May 1993
Partenreederei M/S Heidberg v. Grosvenor Grain and Feed Co. Ltd. and others - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Cresswell J.) - 31 March 1993
The second and third defendants were companies incorporated in France. An order for discovery and inspection of documents had been made against them by Evans J. The companies now applied to the Court for an order that the order of Evans J. be..
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01 May 1993
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352 - 01 May 1993
The Varna - Court of Appeal (Scott and Rose L.JJ.) - 21 April 1993
Prior to 1986 Order 75, rule 5 of the Rules of the Supreme Court provided that the Court had a discretion whether or not to order the arrest of property, and the plaintiff had an obligation to make full and frank disclosure of material facts (see..
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15 May 1993
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353 - 15 May 1993
Phosphate Co-Operative Company of Australia Ltd. v. S.G.S. Supervision Services Inc. - Fed.Ct. of Australia (Gray J.) - 7 April 1993
The plaintiff invoked the Admiralty jurisdiction of the Federal Court claiming damages for breach of contract and/or duty in and about the manner in which the defendant, S.G.S. Supervision Services Inc., carried out a survey of holds of the vessel..
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15 May 1993
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353 - 15 May 1993
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The vessel was fixed on an amended N.Y.P.E. charter for a time-charter trip. By clauses 5 and 43 hire was to be paid semi-monthly in advance. The ship delivered into the charter at 14 00 on 5 October. On 6 October the owners invoiced the charterers..
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15 May 1993
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353 - 15 May 1993
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Another point in issue in the previous arbitration was the exercise by the owners of a lien at the discharging port. Discharging commenced on 29 November. On 12 December, hire being again outstanding, the owners telexed the charterers threatening to..
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15 May 1993
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353 - 15 May 1993
The Stolt Loyalty - Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Clarke J.) - 6 May 1993
The plaintiff cargo owners alleged that their cargo of palm oil was contaminated on arrival of the vessel Stolt Loyalty
at the discharge port. The plaintiffs sued the registered owners of the vessel and also the demise charterers. The bills of..
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29 May 1993
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354 - 29 May 1993
Oceangas (Gibraltar) Ltd. v. Port of London Authority (The Cavendish) - Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Clarke J.) - 18 May 1993
The plaintiffs’ vessel Cavendish
was damaged as a result of striking the Sunk Head Tower or Buoy in the approaches to the River Thames. At the time, the vessel was in charge of a compulsory pilot who was employed by the defendants (the..
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29 May 1993
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354 - 29 May 1993
Vitol S.A. v. Norelf Ltd. - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Phillips J.) - 30 April 1993
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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29 May 1993
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354 - 29 May 1993
Soundview Shipping Ltd. v. F. & S. Alloys and Minerals Corporation (The Ermis) - Before Stephen H. Busch, Chairman, Jeremiah W. Jenks and John P. Palmer - 29 March 1993
The vessel Ermis
was chartered under a Mediterranean C-Ore-7 voyage charterparty for the carriage of a part cargo of 5,400 tonnes of bauxite in bulk from one safe berth Xingang to the Mississippi. The charter provided for Customary Quick Despatch..
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29 May 1993
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The vessel was chartered on the Synacomex form for the carriage of rice. During the course of discharging, damage was caused to the 15-ton derrick at the ship’s no 1 hold. The owners contended that the damage was caused by the..
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29 May 1993
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354 - 29 May 1993