The charterers hired for a period of five years an oil tank steamship. Two and a quarter years of the contract had expired when the ship was requisitioned by the British Government, who made structural alterations upon it. The shipowners claimed that this determined the contract.
Held (dis. Viscount Haldane and Lord Atkinson) that the contract continued to subsist, and the requisition did not suspend it or affect the rights of the owners or charterers under it.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor (Buckmaster), Earl Loreburn, Viscount Haldane, Lords Atkinson and Parker
Citations:
[1916] UKHL 433, 54 SLR 433
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Arbitration, Contract
Updated: 11 July 2022; Ref: scu.630687