Tekem Sea Abyss Ltd v Brandston Ltd; ‘The Ocean Enterprise’: AdCt 9 Jan 1997

ComC Shipping – registration of ships – – no statutory power to expunge the register – inherent – sale of ship to company in which seller held interest – fiduciary duty – breach – voidable contract – classification as ‘goods’ – Sale of Goods Act 1979 – goods – passing of voidable title – good faith – knowledge of company Company – power of director to bind company – agency – actual and ostensible authority Company – goods – passing of voidable title – Sale of Goods Act 1979 section 23 – good faith – knowledge of company

Geoffrey Brice QC
Unreported, 9 January 1997
Sale of Goods Act 1979 23, Merchant Shipping Act 1995 10(2)(I)
England and Wales

Transport, Company, Contract

Updated: 23 November 2021; Ref: scu.186612