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Pearl Marin Shipping A/B v. Pietro Cingolani S.A.S. (The General Valdes) - Mr. Justice Niell - Q.B. - Nov. 3, 1980
By a notice of motion the applicants applied for an order to remit an umpire’s award for further consideration on the ground that the umpire had erred in law and that the error was on the face of the award.
A document headed “Reasons for..
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Castanho v. Brown & Root and Ors. - Lord Wilberforce, Lord Diplock, Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Scarman and Lord Bridge - H.L. - Dec. 4, 1980
Castanho, a Portuguese worker, had been rendered quadraplegic in an accident while working for Brown & Root on a North Sea oil rig supply vessel. An action had been started in England and Brown & Root had made two interim payments. Castanho..
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Clerco Compania Naviera S.A. v. The Food Corporation of India (The Savvas) - Mr. Justice Parker - Q.B. - Oct. 30, 1980
A vessel loaded with 31,604 tons of wheat arrived at Bombay on Oct. 18. Notice of readiness was tendered at 10 00 on Saturday Oct. 19 and accepted at that time, subject to the charter-party. Her draught was then 35 feet. She waited until 18 15 on..
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Choice Investments Ltd. v. Gregory Jeromnimon and Midland Bank Ltd. - Lord Denning, M.R., Lord Justice Brightman and Lord Justice Griffiths - C.A. - Nov. 6, 1980
Creditors having obtained judgment against a debtor were granted a garnishee order nisi against a bank. The debtor had three accounts at the bank, one of which was in US dollars. There was no difficulty in attaching the two small sterling accounts..
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Alpha Trading v. Dunnshaw-Patten Ltd. - Lord Justice Lawton, Lord Justice Brandon and Lord Justice Templeman - C.A. - Nov. 11, 1980
The plaintiffs had entered into a contract with the defendants under which the defendants, in consideration of the plaintiffs’ producing the buyers to them, undertook to remunerate the plaintiffs by paying them commission on the sale to the..
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The owners claimed for balance of hire, the matter in issue being whether or not the duration of the charter-party period should be calculated on the actual time of service by way of reference to Greenwich Mean Time rather than by taking the local..
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The Netty - Q.B. (Adm.Ct.) - Mr. Justice Sheen - Dec. 12, 1980
Cargo was loaded at Barton-on-Humber for carriage to Rotterdam. The defendants issued clean bills of lading. The cargo was transhipped into a barge and delivered at Frankfurt. A survey carried out the next day indicated that the cargo had been..
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22 December 1980
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Harmony Shipping Co. S.A. v. Orri - Mr. Justice Lloyd - Q.B. - Mar. 30, 1979
On the 28th day of a hearing defendants applied for further security for costs. This was the third such application. The first application had been in respect of costs up to the date of setting down for trial. They were estimated at £10,000 and..
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22 December 1980
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Elesguro Inc. v. Ssangyong Shipping Co. Ltd. - Federal Court of Canada (Trial Div.) - Mr. Justice Collier - Nov. 17, 1980
The plaintiff owners had chartered the Janice L
to the defendants for a voyage from S. Korea to Saudi Arabia. The plaintiffs alleged a breach of charter-party in that the defendants had failed to pay, inter alia
, hire and insurance premiums. The..
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22 December 1980
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American & Far East Trading Co. v. Sea-Land Service, Inc. - U.S. District Court (N. District of California) - Judge Schwarzer - July 8, 1980
Prior to 1977 the plaintiff shipper had delivered cardboard cartons of cosmetics to the carrier for shipment in containers from W. Coast U.S.A. to Korea, but at the beginning of that year, with new technology, the cardboard cartons were placed on..
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22 December 1980
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The dispute concerned the owners’ entitlement, in respect of bunkers on delivery, under a time charter-party.
The relevant clause of the charter-party stipulated as follows: -
Charterers shall accept and pay for all bunker oil . . . on board..
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22 December 1980
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