HIGH SEAS VENTURE LTD PARTNERSHIP v SINOM (HONG KONG) LTD (THE “NEWFOREST”)

[2008] Lloyd's Rep Plus 26

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before His Honour Judge Mackie QC (sitting as a Judge of the High Court)

Charterparty (Voyage) – Demurrage – Charterparty providing for demurrage to be calculated on basis of statement of facts – Statement of facts referring to bad weather – Owners subsequently seeking to assert that delays not caused by bad weather – Status of statement of facts – Whether charterers liable for demurrage.