Lloyd's List Law Reports, Volume 24Lloyd's, 1926 |
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action Admiralty ADMIRALTY DIVISION agents agreed alleged amount anchor arbitration Argosy asked award barge bill of lading Boonah breach Canadian Raider charter-party charterers circumstances claim clause Clement Davies collection collision contract costs Counsel course Court of Appeal Cuirassier Dahlia damage dants demurrage Docks dolphins Dunnet Head engines entitled Erginus Eveleigh evidence fact Fowey freight giving judgment gold Harbour instructed by Messrs Jolly Charles Justice BATESON knots Lady Patricia Langton Lek's liability loading London look-out Lord Justice Lord SUMNER Lordship matter ment negligence opinion optional cargo owners parties payment pilot plaintiffs Pluperfect port position pursuers quantum meruit question reason reference regard Remo respect river Royal Philatelic Society second defendants Sect ship shipowners Sir LESLIE SCOTT speed stamps starboard steamer steamship tiffs tion tons total loss underwriters vessel wharf WITNESS
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Page 397 - Note. — When, in consequence of thick weather or other causes, such vessel finds herself so close that collision cannot be avoided by the action of the giving-way vessel alone, she also shall take such action as will best aid to avert collision.
Page 388 - Subject to the provisions of this section, the assured must disclose to the insurer, before the contract is concluded, every material circumstance which is known to the assured, and the assured is deemed to know every circumstance which, in the ordinary course of business, ought to be known by him. If the assured fails to make such disclosure, the insurer may avoid the contract.
Page 392 - Every circumstance is material which would influence the judgment of a prudent insurer in fixing the premium or determining whether he will take the risk.
Page 98 - The High Court of Admiralty shall have jurisdiction over any claim by the owner or consignee or assignee of any bill of lading of any goods carried into any port in England or Wales in any ship, for damage done to the goods or any part thereof by the negligence or misconduct of or for any breach of duty or breach of contract on the part of the owner, master, or crew of the ship...
Page 7 - ... directly responsible to the insurer for the premium, and the insurer is directly responsible to the assured for the amount which may be payable in respect of losses, or in respect of returnable premium.
Page 439 - ... the value to be ascertained is the value to the seller "of the property in its actual condition at the time of "expropriation with all its existing advantages and with all " its possibilities, excluding any advantage due to the carrying "out of the scheme for which the property is compulsorily "acquired, the question of what is the scheme being a "question of fact for the arbitrator in each case.
Page 314 - Where there is a contract to sell unascertained goods no property in the goods is transferred to the buyer unless and until the goods are ascertained, but property in an undivided share of ascertained goods may be transferred as provided in section 6.
Page 156 - Where, by the fault of two or more vessels, damage or loss is caused to one or more of those vessels, to their cargoes or freight, or to any property on board, the liability to make good the damage or loss shall be in proportion to the degree in which each vessel was in fault...
Page 89 - ... save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.
Page 122 - When a ship is intentionally run on shore, and the circumstances are such that if that course were not adopted she would inevitably sink, or drive on shore or on rocks, no loss or damage caused to the ship, cargo, and freight, or any of them by such intentional running on shore shall be made good as general average.