The ship’s master had failed to endorse the bill of lading properly so as to reverse the liability for payment of freight to the time charterers. The arbitrator had found that the mistake had caused no loss since the shippers would probably have paid the bill in any event.
Held: The arbitrator had been entitled to find as he did, and the appeal failed.
Judges:
Steyn J
Citations:
[1990] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 323
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Giles v Thompson, Devlin v Baslington (Conjoined Appeals) HL 1-Jun-1993
Car hire companies who pursued actions in motorists’ names to recover the costs of hiring a replacement vehicle after an accident, from negligent drivers, were not acting in a champertous and unlawful manner. Lord Mustill said: ‘there exists in . .
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Updated: 05 May 2022; Ref: scu.272903
