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

[2016] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 525

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.