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The Owners of the “Lady Muriel” v Transorient Shipping Ltd - Court of Appeal (Nazareth VP, Bokhary & Godfrey JJA) - 3 May 1995
The vessel Lady Muriel
was chartered on the NYPE form. The charterparty contained a London arbitration clause. Disputes as to seaworthiness arose between the owners and the charterers.
At a time when the vessel was lying at anchor in Hong Kong the..
Online Published Date:
02 September 1995
Appeared in issue:
413 - 02 September 1995
London Arbitration 15/95
The vessel (“Vessel A”) was chartered on the NYPE form on 17 May 1991. On 4 December 1992 the charterers entered into a sub-charter also on the NYPE form for a period of about three to about five months trading. The sub-charterers..
Online Published Date:
02 September 1995
Appeared in issue:
413 - 02 September 1995
Global Traders v “MV Guijiang” and Others - High Court (Mainur Reza Chowdhury J) - 19 January 1995
The plaintiffs filed suit against numerous defendants, including the vessel Guijiang
, for recovery of Tk 12,300,000/- equivalent to the balance of the price of cement not delivered to the plaintiffs by the vessel Guijiang
. The plaintiffs obtained..
Online Published Date:
16 September 1995
Appeared in issue:
414 - 16 September 1995
North Saskatchewan Riverboat Co Ltd and Others v The “Edmonton Queen” and Others - Federal Court (Trial Div) (John A Hargrave Prothonotary) - 25 May 1995
The passenger river vessel Edmonton Queen
had been purchased by the first and second defendants (“the registered owners”) on a court-ordered sale at a price of $800,000. The registered owners subsequently moved the vessel from the..
Online Published Date:
16 September 1995
Appeared in issue:
414 - 16 September 1995
London Arbitration 16/95
In April 1993 the Court of Appeal delivered judgment in The Boucraa
[1993] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 149 holding that section 13A of the Arbitration Act 1950 (which, for the first time, gave arbitrators jurisdiction to dismiss claims for want of..
Online Published Date:
16 September 1995
Appeared in issue:
414 - 16 September 1995
London Arbitration 17/95
The issue in this arbitration was whether the shipowners were entitled to damages and an indemnity in respect of all losses which they sustained by reason of having complied with charterers’ orders to discharge out of rotation. The owners said..
Online Published Date:
16 September 1995
Appeared in issue:
414 - 16 September 1995
The “Lady Muriel” - LMLN 413
In our summary of the above case in LMLN 413 we gave the incorrect representation for the parties. J D Kerr, instructed by Ince & Co, represented the owners of the “Lady Muriel” (the successful appellants in the Court of Appeal). C L..
Online Published Date:
16 September 1995
Appeared in issue:
414 - 16 September 1995
Standard Chartered Bank v Pakistan National Shipping Corporation and Others (The “Lalazar”) - QBD (Admlty Ct) (Clarke J) - 26 May 1995
Oakprime International Ltd agreed to sell a quantity of bitumen to a purchaser on CIF terms. At the request of the purchaser Incombank HCMS opened a letter of credit in favour of Oakprime. The letter of credit was confirmed by the plaintiff bank...
Online Published Date:
30 September 1995
Appeared in issue:
415 - 30 September 1995
Valley Towing Ltd v Celtic Shipyards (1988) Ltd and Others (The ‘Sea Cap XII’) - Federal Court (Trial Div) (John A Hargrave Prothonotary) - 31 July 1995
On 11 May 1995 the Sea Cap XII
, a tug owned by the plaintiff, was proceeding up the north arm of the Fraser River with the barge Seaspan 619
in tow. The barge struck and damaged the premises of the defendant Celtic Shipyards. Other parties also..
Online Published Date:
30 September 1995
Appeared in issue:
415 - 30 September 1995
Dole Fresh Fruit International Ltd v MV “Kapetan Leonidas” - Appellate Division (Corbett CJ, Grosskopf, Smalberger and Van Den Heever JJA and Nicholas AJA) - 29 March 1995 (reported at 1995 (3) SA 112 (AD))
The plaintiffs arrested the vessel Kapetan Leonidas
in Durban in order to obtain security in respect of a maritime claim to be pursued in arbitration proceedings in London against Saful Navigation Inc, which was the owner of the Chios Clipper
. The..
Online Published Date:
30 September 1995
Appeared in issue:
415 - 30 September 1995