KAIROS SHIPPING LTD AND ANOTHER v ENKA & CO LLC AND OTHERS (THE "ATLANTIK CONFIDENCE")

[2016] Lloyd's Rep Plus 73

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr Justice Teare

Limitation of liability - Conduct barring limitation - Vessel catching fire in Gulf of Aden and subsequently flooding and sinking - Owners seeking limitation decree - Whether owners barred from limiting liability - Whether loss resulted from owners' personal act or omission committed with the intent to cause loss - Burden and standard of proof - Convention on Limitation for Liability of Maritime Claims 1976, article 4.