The parties contracted for a charter of twelve months. The owner could make it available only for ten.
Held: The ship was not fit for the purpose for which she was chartered and could not be made fit within any time which would not have frustrated the object of the adventure.
Citations:
[1877] 2 QB 182
Cited by:
Cited – Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd CA 20-Dec-1961
The plaintiffs had recently acquired the ship the ‘Hong Kong Fir’ and contracted to charter it to the defendants, but being late in delivering it, the defendants cancelled the charterparty contract. The plaintiffs said the repudiation was wrongful, . .
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Contract
Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.266195