Effect of State Immunity (Merchant Shipping) Order 1997 Court ordered sale of vessel pendente lite on 15th July. Court of Appeal dismissed appeal on 29th October and refused a stay. State Immunity (Merchant Shipping) Order 1997 made on 30th October and came into force on 1st November. Republic submitted that the court should not allow … Continue reading Bridge Oil Ltd v The Owners and/or demise charters of the Ship “Guiseppe Di Vittorio” (No. 2): AdCt 21 Nov 1997

Citations: [1998] CLC 165 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: Appeal from – Bridge Oil Ltd v The Owners and/or demise charters of the Ship ‘Guiseppe Di Vittorio’ (No. 2) AdCt 21-Nov-1997 Effect of State Immunity (Merchant Shipping) Order 1997 Court ordered sale of vessel pendente lite on 15th July. Court of Appeal dismissed appeal on … Continue reading Bridge Oil Ltd v The Owners and/or demise charters of the Ship “Guiseppe Di Vittorio” (No. 2): CA 1998

The ownership of a ship by a sovereign state did not make the ship free from the possibility of arrest for non-payment. The State having operated demise charter, and having failed to comply with convention had lost its state immunity of a ship from arrest. Citations: Times 10-Nov-1997, Gazette 19-Nov-1997, [1997] EWCA Civ 2591 Statutes: … Continue reading Bridge Oil Limited v Owners And/Or Demise Charterers of Ship ‘Giuseppe De Vittorio’: CA 29 Oct 1997