Koch Marine Inc. v D'Amica Societa di Navigazione A.R.L. (Elena D'Amico)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
Year1980
Date1980

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  • Habton Farms (an unlimited company) v Nimmo and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 6 February 2003
    ...measure of damages. The position would then be analogous to the position discussed by Robert Goff J in Koch Marine Inc v D'Amica Societa Di Navigazione ARL (The Elena D'Amico) [1980] 1 Lloyd's Rep 75, where he was considering the measure of damages in a case of premature wrongful repudiatio......
  • Fulton Shipping Inc. of Panama (Respondents/Owners) v Globalia Business Travel S.A.U. (Formerly Travelplan S.A.U.) (Appellants/Charterers)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 December 2015
    ...is to be placed, so far as money can do it, in the same position as if the contract had been performed. He referred to The Elena D' Amico [1980] 1 Lloyd's Rep 75 for the correct approach where there was an available market and to The Kildare [2011] 2 Lloyd's Rep 360 and The Wren [2011] 2 Ll......
  • Fulton Shipping Inc. of Panama v Globalia Business Travel SAU (formerly Travelplan SAU) of Spain: The New Flamenco
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 21 May 2014
    ...the third rule of mitigation when there is no such limitation in relation to losses under the second rule. 42 The Elena D'Amico [1980] 1 Lloyd's Rep 75 , is a decision of Robert Goff J which is often treated as authority for the principle that where there is an available market, a defaultin......
  • Assetco Plc v Grant Thornton UK LLP
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 31 January 2019
    ...shortly, the claimant cannot generally recover for avoided loss.” 883 The three rules were endorsed by Robert Goff J in The Elena d'Amico [1980] 1 Lloyd's Rep 75, 88–89 and by Leggatt J in Thai Airways International Public Co Ltd v KI Holdings Co Ltd [2015] EWHC 1250 (Comm), [2016] 1 All ER......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • From Philadelphia To The Moon!
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 30 July 2015
    ...not quite the same. There are cases where reasonable actions by claimants have been held to sever the causal link. The Elena D'Amico [1980] 1 Lloyd's Rep 75 is an example - a chartered vessel became unavailable. The charterers decided not to charter a replacement, and this was held to have ......
  • The 'NEW FLAMENCO'
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 31 December 2015
    ...between the contract and the market rate of hire, is only applicable when there is an available market (as in The Elena D'Amico [1980] 1 Lloyd's Rep 75). In that case, a decision to speculate on the market at the date of the breach did not arise from the contract but from the innocent party......
1 books & journal articles
  • CONTRACT DAMAGES AND THE PROMISEE'S ROLE IN ITS OWN LOSS.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 42 No. 2, January 2019
    • 1 January 2019
    ...Solicitors [2017] 2 WLR 1029, 1039 [20] (Lord Sumption JSC, Lord Neuberger PSC, Lords Mane, Clarke and Hodge JJSC agreeing). (17) [1980] 1 Lloyd's Rep 75 ('The Elena (18) See above n 3 and accompanying text. (19) The Elena D'Amico (n 17) 88. (20) In Canada, see Hodgkinson v Simms [1994] 3 S......