Navig8 Inc v South Vigour Shipping Inc and Others - QBD (Comm Ct) (Teare J) [2015] EWHC 32 (Comm) - 16 January 2015

Charterparty - Identity of parties - Charterers contending that counterparty was registered owner of vessel - Registered owner denying it was a party - Charter fixed by agent - Owners described in charter as "disponent owners" - Whether phrase "disponent owners" capable of referring to agents - Whether agents had authority to act on behalf of registered owners - Whether agents in breach of implied warranty of authority

The claimant charterers of four vessels claimed damages from the first to fourth defendants, the registered owners of the vessels, on the grounds that they breached the charterparties by withdrawing the vessels from service.