Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly

Professor Francis D Rose

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HUMAN UNSEAWORTHINESS

The Star Sea

The decision of Tuckey, J., in The Star Sea1 is of considerable importance to the marine insurance market.2 However, this note, which follows on from an earlier article,3 considers only one issue from the case: the competence of the master. Like the article, the note adopts a Hague-Visby Rules contract of affreightment perspective. While The Star Sea is

1. Manifest Shipping & Co. Ltd. v. Uni-Polaris Insurance Co. Ltd. and La Réunion Europèene (The Star Sea) [1995] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 651. The decision is being appealed.

2. Asia Cover, Issue 3, Vol. 1, at p. 5; “Star Sea” Ince & Co.

3. R. White, “The Human Factor in Unseaworthiness Claims” [1995] LMCLQ 221 (hereafter “White”).

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