Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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THE “ABT RASHA”

[2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 8

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice David Steel

General average - Non-separation agreement - Construction - Bigham clause - Vessel carrying cargo of oil from Saudi Arabia to Rotterdam - Vessel encountered severe weather and hydraulic steering pumps became heavily damaged - Vessel diverted to port of refuge and general average declared - Contribution from cargo-owners capped under Bigham clause - Whether shipowners could recover balance from hull underwriters - Marine Insurance Act, 1906, s. 66.

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