Dimskal Shipping Co. S.A. v. The International Transport Workers Federation (The Evia Luck (No. 2)) - Court of Appeal (Neill and McCowan L.JJ. and Sir Roger Ormrod) - 11 December 1989

I.T.F. pressure in Sweden compels shipowners to make contract under which back-dated wages are paid to I.T.F. - I.T.F.’s actions lawful under Swedish law - Relevant contract governed by English law - Whether payments recoverable by shipowners under English law as being made under duress

The vessel Evia Luck was owned by a Panamanian company, managed from Greece, and manned inter alios by Filipino nationals under Filipine contracts of employment. In March 1983 the vessel was berthed in Sweden.