ALIZE 1954 AND ANOTHER v ALLIANZ ELEMENTAR VERSICHERUNGS AG AND OTHERS (THE “CMA CGM LIBRA”)

[2020] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 565

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Lord Justice Flaux,Lord Justice Haddon-Cave,Lord Justice Males

General average – Vessel grounding on uncharted shoal leaving port of Xiamen – Whether cargo interests obliged to contribute to general average – Whether actionable fault on part of owners – Whether vessel's passage plan defective – Whether defective passage plan made vessel unseaworthy – Whether owners failed to exercise due diligence – York-Antwerp Rules – Hague Rules, article III, rule 1.