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FAL Oil Co Ltd and Anr v Petronas Trading Corporation Sdn Bhd - QBD (Com Ct)(Morison J) - 10 October 2003
The claimants contracted with the defendants ("Petco") for the sale of a cargo of high viscosity oil on c & f terms. There were two issues in this case. The first related to liability for the contamination of the oil by water. The second related..
Online Published Date:
31 October 2003
Appeared in issue:
625 - 31 October 2003
Newcastle Port Corporation v Pevitt & Ors (The "Robert Whitmore") - Supreme Court of New South Wales (Palmer J) - 1 October 2003
During the night of 28 July 2000 the plaintiff's pilot vessel, The Robert Whitmore collided with a dinghy in Newcastle Harbour. Three men in the dinghy were seriously injured with one of them later dying of his injuries. As a result, the injured men..
Online Published Date:
31 October 2003
Appeared in issue:
625 - 31 October 2003
ICL Shipping Ltd and Anr v Chin Tai Steel Enterprise Co Ltd and Ors (The "ICL Vikraman") - QBD (Com Ct)(Colman J) - 10 October 2003
On 26 September 1997 the vessel ICL Vikraman collided with another vessel in the Malacca Strait and sank with the loss of 26 lives and all her cargo. One of the cargo owners, Chin Tai Steel Enterprise Co Ltd ("Chin Tai"), a Taiwan corporation,..
Online Published Date:
31 October 2003
Appeared in issue:
625 - 31 October 2003