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Tasman Express Line Limited v. J. I. Case (Australia) Pty Ltd. - New South Wales Court of Appeal - 25 November 1992
The respondent was the consignee of two harvesters carried on the appellant’s vessel from New Zealand to Australia. Both harvesters were stowed on deck and the bill of lading was endorsed “on-deck at shippers risk”. As the bill of..
Online Published Date:
12 December 1992
Appeared in issue:
342 - 12 December 1992
N.P.L. (Australia) Pty Ltd. v. Kamil Export (Australia) Pty Limited - Supreme Court of Victoria (Hayne J.) - 12 October 1992
Kamil Export Pty Ltd. carried on business exporting goods from Australia. In 1985 it shipped some goods to Guam on the General Valdez
. The goods were delivered to the consignee without production of the bills of lading and without paying for the..
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12 December 1992
Appeared in issue:
342 - 12 December 1992
Bank Leumi Le-Israel Ltd. v. M.G. Brin & Sons Ltd. - Supreme Court (Meir Shamgar C.J., Eliezer Goldberg and Theodor Or J.J.) -
31 August 1992
At first instance the district court held that the appellant bank had been negligent in dealing with letters of credit opened on behalf of the respondent companies for the purpose of paying a Hong Kong company for merchandise ordered..
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12 December 1992
Appeared in issue:
342 - 12 December 1992
Continental Grain Co. v. Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority (The Albatros) - U.S. Court of Appeals (First Circuit) (Breyer C.J., Selya Ct. J. and Young D.J.) - 13 August 1992
The vessel Albatros
was chartered orally for the carriage of corn and soyabean meal in bulk from Puerto Rico to Guadeloupe. Although designated for the shipment of grain in bulk, she was not equipped with shifting boards, lashing gear, or strapping..
Online Published Date:
12 December 1992
Appeared in issue:
342 - 12 December 1992
M’Bundis v. Waratah Towage Pty Limited - Supreme Court of New South Wales (Waddell C.J. in Eq) - 7 September 1992
The plaintiff was employed as a deck hand on the tug boat Warringa
which was owned by the defendant, Waratah Towage. On 4 July 1984 whilst the tug boat was engaged in assisting the vessel Canberra Maru
, the plaintiff was injured when he slipped..
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26 December 1992
Appeared in issue:
343 - 26 December 1992
Redpath Industries Ltd. v. The ship Cisco - Federal Court (Trial Div.) (Rouleau J.) -
12 June 1992
The plaintiff sought to recover from the defendant shipowners damages for the loss of a portion of a cargo of raw bulk sugar shipped from Guyana to Toronto aboard the defendant’s vessel Cisco
.
Raw sugar was traded on the basis of..
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26 December 1992
Appeared in issue:
343 - 26 December 1992
Wiltopps (Asia) Ltd. v. The owners of the Tug Sumi Maru 9001 - Court of Appeal (L. P. Thean, Chao Hick Tin & F.A. Chua JJ.) -
13 November 1992
One of the issues in this appeal was whether there was in a towage contract an implied obligation on the part of the tugowner to make the tug seaworthy at the commencement of the voyage or, where the voyage was carried out in..
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26 December 1992
Appeared in issue:
343 - 26 December 1992
Canadian Superior Oil Ltd. v. Concord Insurance Co. Ltd. - Witwatersrand Local Division (Van Schalkwyk J.) - 1992 (4) S.A. 263
The defendant insurers had issued a marine insurance policy to shippers of a cargo of sulphur. During the course of the voyage the sulphur caused massive corrosion damage to the holds, tank tops and bulkheads of the vessel. The shipowners sued inter..
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26 December 1992
Appeared in issue:
343 - 26 December 1992
McAleer and others v. Smith and others - U.S. District Court (D. Rhode Island) (Lagueux D.J.) - 30 April 1992
The plaintiffs were the administrators of the estates of deceased trainee crew members of the sailing vessel Marques which sank on 3 June 1984 during the Cutty Sark International Tall Ships Race from Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The plaintiffs..
Online Published Date:
26 December 1992
Appeared in issue:
343 - 26 December 1992