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Marida Ltd v Oswal Steel (The “Bijela”) - House of Lords (Lord Templeman, Lord Jauncey, Lord Slynn, Lord Woolf and Lord Lloyd) - 21 April 1994
The vessel Bijela
was in the course of carrying a cargo of shredded scrap from Providence, Rhode Island to Kandla in India. Shortly after leaving Providence, the vessel grounded and damaged her bottom plating. She put into Jamestown, the nearest..
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14 May 1994
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379 - 14 May 1994
Effort Shipping Co Ltd v Linden Management SA (The “Giannis NK”) QBD (Com Ct) (Longmore J) - 30 March 1994
The vessel Giannis
NK
loaded a cargo of groundnut extraction meal pellets together with other cargo. On arrival at the discharge port live insects and shed skins had been discovered in the cargo. The vessel had been quarantined, fumigated and..
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14 May 1994
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379 - 14 May 1994
Secretary of State for the Environment v Euston Centre Investments Ltd - Ch D (John Cherryman QC, sitting as a deputy High Court Judge) - 9 December 1993 [1994 1 WLR 563]
The landlord demised premises to the tenant for a term of 49 years under a lease which provided for rent reviews every seven years. The arbitrator made an interim award as to the reviewed rent on 28 May 1992. The tenant applied under section 1(3)(b)..
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14 May 1994
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379 - 14 May 1994
The “Skyron” and “Hel” - QBD (Adrnlty Ct) (Clarke J and Nautical Assessors) - 3 May 1994
Shortly before 0500 on 30 May 1987 the motor vessels Skyron
and Hel
collided in the North Sea. The Skyron
was a single screw Liberian VLCC of 67,239.47 tons gross, about 270.5 metres long and 44 metres in beam. She was powered by an engine of..
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14 May 1994
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379 - 14 May 1994
Sucre Export SA v Northern River Shipping Ltd (The ""Sormovskiy 3068”) - QBD (Admlty Ct)(Clarke J) - 25 April 1994
The plaintiff charterers claimed damages from the defendant shipowners for breach of contract and conversion as the holders of a bill of lading dated 22 May 1992. That was a bill of lading which evidenced the shipment of 60,000 bags of sugar at..
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28 May 1994
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380 - 28 May 1994
SA Coppee Lavalin NV v Ken-Ren Chemicals and Fertilisers Ltd (in liquidation in Kenya) and Voest-Alpine Aktiengesellschaft v Ken-Ren Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (in liquidation in Kenya) - House of Lords (Lord Keith, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Mustill, Lord Slynn and Lord Woolf) - 5 May 1994
In these two appeals the House of Lords held that the High Court has jurisdiction in an exceptional case pursuant to section 12(6)(a) of the Arbitration Act 1950 to order security for costs in an international arbitration held in London under the..
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28 May 1994
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380 - 28 May 1994
Sucre Export SA v Northern River Shipping Ltd (The “Sormovskiy 3068”) - QBD (Admlty Ct)(Clarke J) - 25 April 1994
A further issue in this case arose on the shipowners’ counterclaim for demurrage. The shipowners said that they were entitled to demurrage under the terms of the bill of lading, which incorporated all the terms and conditions of the..
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28 May 1994
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380 - 28 May 1994
Gidrxslme Shipping Co Ltd v Tantomar Transporters Maritimos Ltda (The “Naftilos”) - QBD (Com Ct)(Colman J) - 11 May 1994
Various disputes arose between the owners and the Portuguese time-charterers of the vessel Naftilos. The disputes were referred to arbitration in London. By an interim award dated 24 February 1994 (the first award) the arbitrator awarded that the..
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28 May 1994
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380 - 28 May 1994