PROGRESS BULK CARRIERS LTD v TUBE CITY IMS LLC (THE “CENK KAPTANOGLU”)
[2012] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 501
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)
Before Mr Justice Cooke
Charterparty (Voyage) — Duress — Owners repudiating charterparty by chartering named vessel to different party — Charterers entering into settlement agreement with owners under protest to accept substitute vessel with different laycan and to waive all claims for loss and damage — Whether settlement agreement voidable for economic duress — Whether owners’ conduct amounted to illegitimate pressure.