Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The plaintiffs were the relatives of a crew member who died when the vessel Derbyshire sank with all hands in 1980. It was alleged that the ship broke in half because of defects in her hull. The defendants were the owners of the ship and were the..

(Sheen J.) - 11 December 1987 The plaintiff owners of the trawler Dagmara issued a writ in rem against the Spanish fishing vessel AMA Antxine alleging dangerous and deliberate navigation by AMA Antxine intended to drive the Dagmara from fishing..

24 November 1987 On 9 August 1986 the vessel Falstria collided with the quay and a large gantry crane at Felixstowe dock. The loss suffered by the dock company was estimated to be £1,500,000. The owners of the vessel were a Danish company, and..

On 16 November 1983 the vessel Attika Hope was time chartered on the NYPE form. On 15 December 1983 the disponent owners voyage-chartered her to the defendants. The disponent owners were at that time in difficulties in discharging debts to the..

On 30 September 1986 the court gave judgment on liability in favour of the plaintiff banks (see [1987] 2 W.L.R. 1300). There now arose a question relating to the award of interest on the damages awarded. The question whether a court should award..

The vessel was chartered on the Ferticon form for the carriage of a cargo of bulk phosphate from America to India. The vessel discharged at Veraval and the issue before the arbitrators was whether certain days (24, 26 and 31 October) were..