Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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A. MEREDITH JONES & CO. LTD. v. VANGEMAR SHIPPING CO. LTD. (THE “APOSTOLIS”)

[1996] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 475

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Tuckey

Carriage by sea - Unseaworthiness - Damage to cargo - Fire on board vessel damaged plaintiffs’ cargo - Whether welding operations carried out on deck - Whether vessel unseaworthy - Whether fire caused with actual fault or privity of owners - Whether owners in breach of art. III, rr. 1, 2 of Hague-Visby Rules - Whether owners could rely on art. IV, r. 2.

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