Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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SUZUKI & CO., LTD. v. T. BEYNON & CO., LTD.

(1926) 24 Ll.L.Rep. 49

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Before the Lord Chancellor (Viscount Cave), Lord Dunedin, Lord Shaw, Lord Sumner and Lord Buckmaster.

Charter-party - Construction - "Captain shall prosecute his voyages with the utmost dispatch"-Owners not liable in respect of loss arising through the "negligence, default or error in judgment of the . . . master . . . in the management or navigation of the steamer" - Finding by arbitrator of failure of captain to prosecute voyage with utmost dispatch-Further finding that captain was guilty of slackness not amounting to negligence in management or navigation-Effect of clause excepting negligence, &c., of master.

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