Bulman & Dickson v Fenwick & Company
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 08 November 1893 |
| Date | 08 November 1893 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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24 cases
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B. & S. Contracts and Design Ltd v Victor Green Publications Ltd
...the consequence of the strike, which they had not done, and Mr Hodgson for the appellants referred the court to the case of Bulman & Dickson v. Fenwick and Company, reported in 1894 1 Queen's Bench Division at page 179, in which case it was held that there was no obligation upon the charter......
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Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Agostino Bertani, Cape Rodney, Queen City, Riverton)
...to such unexpected termination that they cannot without more be treated as abrogating contracts". See also ( Bulman v. Fenwick 1894 1 Queen's Bench, page 179) ( Dobell v. Green 1900 1 Queen's Bench, page 426); Ropner v. Ronneback (1924) 20 Commercial Cases, page 95; and ( S. S. Despatch Lin......
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Emeraldian Ltd Partnership v Wellmix Shipping Ltd (The Vine)
...the Charterers’ liability under the charterparty. 1 Although B&S Contracts was not a laytime case the case on which it was based, Bulman &Dickson v Fenwick &Co. [1894] 1 QB 179, was. No submissions were made to me with regard to the latter case. Notwithstanding the dicta of Lord Esher on w......
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MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd
...should not be drawn: it was always a question of fact and judgment. 67 It was uninstructive to consider cases (such as Bulman v Fenwick [1894] 1 QB 179 or Vancouver Strikes), where the courts had considered whether or not a party should be required to switch ports or cargoes. It might be r......
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The English Court Of Appeal Finds That Accepting Non-contractual Performance Would Have Overcome A Force Majeure Event
...termination provisions, or other clauses which confer valuable rights to one or more parties. Footnote 1 Bulman v Fenwick & Co [1894] 1 QB 179; and Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food [1963] AC 691 (known as "Vancouver Visit us at mayerbrown.com Mayer Brown is......
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Force Majeure And The Limits Of Reasonableness In MUR Shipping BV v RTI LTD1
...wording of the force majeure clause. Footnotes 1 MUR Shipping BV v. RTI LTD [2022] EWHC 467 (Comm) 2 Bulman & Dickson v Fenwick & Co [1894] 1 Q.B. 179 3 Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Ministry of Agriculture, et al. [1963] AC 691 4 Reardon Smith Line v Ministry of Agriculture International Quarte......
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Case Update: MUR Shipping BV V RTI Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1406
...High Court rejected the Charterers' argument and overturned the tribunal's award in favour of the Owners. Citing Bulman v Fenwick & Co [1894] 1 QB 179, the High Court held that the affected party, in this case, the Owners, are not "required, by the exercise of reasonable endeavours, to acce......
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Party Entitled To Rely On Force Majeure Clause Where Counterparty's Parent Company Became Subject To US Sanctions
...that submission, saying there was no authority to support it and it was contrary to the principles of law apparent from Bulman v Fenwick [1894] 1 QB 179 (and other similar In Bulman, the question was whether the charterers of a vessel were entitled to rely on a strike clause (equivalent to ......