Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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"SANDGATE" (OWNERS) v. W. S. PARTRIDGE & CO.

(1929) 35 Ll L Rep 9

ADMIRALTY DIVISION.(DIVISIONAL COURT).

Before Lord Merrivale (President) and Mr. Justice Hill.

Charter-party-Dispatch money-Lay days -"(7) Cargo [of coal] to be taken from alongside by consignees . . . at the average rate of 125 tons per working hatch per day . . . provided vessel can deliver at this rate . . . Consignees shall not be obliged to take cargo from alongside as per Clause 7 at a higher rate than 500 tons per day"-Four cargo hatches-Meaning of "working hatch"-Held that the charterers' obligation was to take cargo at the rate of 125 tons per hatch which was capable of being worked, i.e., which contained coal-Shipowners' appeal dismissed.

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