Effort Shipping Co Ltd v Linden Management Sa and Another (The Glannis Nk): QBD 5 May 1994

A danger to the goods on board a ship made the cargo physically dangerous. The ship’s master was responsible.

Citations:

Times 05-May-1994

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

Appeal fromEffort Shipping Co Ltd v Linden Management Sa and Another (The Glannis Nk) CA 5-Feb-1996
A shipper’s liability for known dangerous goods is not limited by fault or by negligence. . .
At first instanceEffort Shipping Company Ltd v Linden Management Sa and others (The Glannis Nk) HL 22-Jan-1998
A ship’s cargo can be held to be dangerous, and the shipper liable for anything which was more than an obvious physical danger. Such wider danger includes beetle infestation of a crop cargo. Lord Steyn said:’I would be quite prepared, in an . .
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Updated: 08 April 2022; Ref: scu.80271