Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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HODGSON v. MINISTER OF WAR TRANSPORT.

(1943) 77 Ll L Rep 375

SHIPPING CLAIMS TRIBUNAL.

Before Lord Justice MacKinnon (President), Mr. H. C. Gutteridge, K.C., and Mr. G. R. Rudolf.

Ship - Requisition - Compensation - Requisition of claimant's barge by Ministry of War Transport-Claimant entitled to "a sum equal to the amount which might reasonably be expected to be payable by a person for the use of the vessel . . . during the period of the requisition, under a charter or contract of hiring whereby he undertook to bear the cost of insuring, maintaining and running the vessel"- Evidence (1) of rate of hire previously paid by R.A.F.; (2) of current part rate for demurrage-Compensation (Defence) Act, 1939, Sect. 4.

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