Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE "IDA BLUMENTHAL."

(1927) 29 Ll L Rep 84

IRISH FREE STATE.HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.

Before Mr. Justice Hanna.

Charter-party - Demurrage - Dangerous cargo (coal briquettes)-Refusal of harbour authority and of railway company to accommodate consignees - Duty to discharge "whether in berth or not"- Meaning of "discharge" - Difference between operation of discharge and disposal of cargo - Proximate cause of delay-"Any other causes"-Ejusdem generis rule-Whether a cause "beyond the control of the consignees"-Unreasonable deviation negatived-Stress of weather-Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1924, Art. IV (4)-Judgment for shipowners.

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