Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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AKTIESELSKABET DAMPSKIBS STEINSTAD v. W. PEARSON & CO.

(1927) 28 Ll L Rep 69

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice MacKinnon.

Charty-party-Expenses of discharging- "Cargo to be brought to and taken from alongside the steamer at charterers' risk and expense as customary"- Account settled between shipowners and charterers-Basis of settlement subsequently varied by House of Lords decision-Right of shipowners to recover amount overpaid-Voluntary payment made under mistake of law-No legal ground for recovery.

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