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Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Co. Ltd. v. L’Office Cherifien des Phosphates and Unitramp S.A. (The Boucraa) - House of Lords (Lord Templeman, Lord Goff, Lord Jauncey, Lord Browne-Wilkinson and Lord Mustill) - 16 December 1993
Prior to 1 January 1992 arbitrators had no power to dismiss a claim for want of prosecution on the ground of inordinate and inexcusable delay (see Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau
v. South India Shipping Corporation Ltd.
[1981] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 253)...
Online Published Date:
25 December 1993
Appeared in issue:
369 - 25 December 1993
Continental Bank N.A. v. Aeakos Compania Naviera S.A. and others - Court of Appeal (Sir Stephen Brown P., Steyn and Kennedy L.JJ.) - 10 November 1993
The first to 15th defendants were one-ship companies registered in Panama and Liberia. The 16th to 18th defendants were three members of the Papalios family and were guarantors. The plaintiff bank had granted a loan facility of U.S. $56 million to..
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25 December 1993
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369 - 25 December 1993
Banco Do Brasil S.A. v. The owners and all others interested in the ship Alexandros G. Tsavliris - Federal Court (Trial Div.) (Gibson J.) - 20 October 1993
The defendant vessel was arrested pursuant to a warrant of arrest issued on 2 June 1987. At the time of the arrest the vessel was berthed at the wharves of Fraser Surrey Docks Ltd. (“Fraser Surrey”), the sole remaining claimant, other..
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25 December 1993
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369 - 25 December 1993
Siu Yin Kwan and another v. Eastern Insurance Co. Ltd. (The Barquentine Osprey) - Privy Council (Lord Templeman, Lord Mustill, Lord Woolf, Lord Lloyd and Sir Thomas Eichelbaum) - 9 December 1993
The plaintiffs were the personal representatives of two members of the crew of the vessel Barquentine Osprey
which was hit by the typhoon “Ellen” and capsized in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, on 8 September 1983. The plaintiffs were awarded..
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25 December 1993
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369 - 25 December 1993