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The British Patience - Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Sheen J.) - 18 November 1983
The Corporation of Trinity House is responsible for maintaining the lighthouses in England and Wales. It is authorised to levy light dues in respect of voyages made by ships or by way of periodical payment. The various ways in which light dues are..
Online Published Date:
08 December 1983
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107 - 08 December 1983
Cooper v. Phoenix Prudential Australia Ltd. & Anr. (The Hood) - Supreme Ct. of Western Australia (Burt C.J.) - 22 June 1983
The plaintiff was a professional fisherman and was the owner and skipper of the fishing boat Hood
. The plaintiff had insured the vessel with the defendant under a time policy of marine insurance. In May 1982 the plaintiff decided to sail the boat..
Online Published Date:
08 December 1983
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107 - 08 December 1983
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Shipowners chartered their vessel under a NYPE form for “minimum 9/maximum 13 months, 10 days more or less in charterers’ option of the aforementioned min/max period” at a daily rate of hire of $4,300. Clause 55 of the charter..
Online Published Date:
08 December 1983
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107 - 08 December 1983
Tor Line A.B. v. Alltrans Groups of Canada Ltd. (The TFL Prosperity) - House of Lords (Lord Diplock, Lord Fraser, Lord Keith, Lord Roskill and Lord Brandon) - 15 December 1983
The House of Lords has now confirmed that clause 13 of the Baltime charter does not give shipowners the very wide protection that it might have appeared to do. The appellants had time-chartered the vessel TFL Prosperity
from the respondent..
Online Published Date:
22 December 1983
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108 - 22 December 1983
The Span Terza (No. 2) - House of Lords (Lord Diplock, Lord Fraser, Lord Keith, Lord Brandon and Lord Templeman) - 8 December 1983
The vessel Span Terza
was chartered on the NYPE form. Clause 71 provided that the charterers had the option to cancel the charterparty if the vessel remained off hire continuously for longer than 25 days. On 18 November 1981 the vessel was arrested..
Online Published Date:
22 December 1983
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108 - 22 December 1983
C_Trade of Geneva S.A. v. Uni-Ocean Lines Ltd. of Singapore (The Lucille) - Court of Appeal (Stephenson and Kerr L.JJ.) - 2 December 1983
This was a case where the arbitration award had been based on the pre-Evia
view of the law as to safe port obligations. The vessel Lucille
was chartered on the NYPE form. On 31 July 1980 she completed loading bagged cement at Constantza and by a..
Online Published Date:
22 December 1983
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108 - 22 December 1983
K. Lokumal & Sons (London) Ltd. v. Lotte Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. (The August Leonhardt) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Bingham J.) - 8 November 1983
The plaintiff cargo owners sued the defendant shipowners under a bill of lading in respect of damage caused to 915 bags of sugar. The vessel was on charter at the relevant time and the bill of lading was issued on the standard liner bill of lading..
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22 December 1983
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108 - 22 December 1983
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In this recent London Arbitration there was a difference of view regarding the meaning of the phrase “blocking and trapping”. The ship was chartered under the NYPE form. Typed clause 50 provided:
Normal extra war risk insurance..
Online Published Date:
22 December 1983
Appeared in issue:
108 - 22 December 1983