OWNEAST SHIPPING LTD v QATAR NAVIGATION QSC (THE "QATAR STAR")

[2011] Lloyd's Rep Plus 18

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Christopher Clarke

Charterparty (Time) - Anti-technicality clause - Charterers failing to pay hire - Vessel withdrawn from service - Whether wrongfully withdrawn - Owners not giving anti-technicality notice - Charterers intending to make payment with deductions - Owners contending that deduction unjustifiable - Whether recklessness of charterers amounted to intention not to pay.