Mitsui & Company Ltd v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte mbH & Company KG
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Neutral Citation | [2014] EWHC 3445 (Comm) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court) |
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1 cases
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Mitsui & Company Ltd and Others v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte MBH & Company KG and another
...expense incurred in place of the general average expense of US$4.15m avoided. 49 Before the deputy judge, Mr Stephen Hofmeyr QC [2015] 1 Lloyd's Rep 76, the focus was on point (i), whether the US$6m would, if paid, have been allowable as general average. He held that it would have been. Th......
3 firm's commentaries
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Piracy, Ransom And General Average
...Act 2001 7 Mitsui & Co Ltd and others v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte MBH & Co KG and another (The "Longchamp") [2015] 1 Lloyd's Rep 76 8 Extract obtained from the website of piracy watchdog http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/166838/infographic-piracy-and-armed-robber......
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Does General Average cover piracy expenses?
...High Court Judge Stephen Hofmeyr QC in Mitsui & Co Ltd & Others v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte MBH & Co KG (2014) EWHC 3445 (Comm) should be read by all interested in the law of General Average, as it includes a very clear exposition of the applicable law and the hi......
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General Average Dealing With The Costs Of A Hijacking
...& Co Ltd & others v. Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte MBH & Co KG (Longchamp) [2014] EWHC 3445 The recent judgment in the Longchamp has overturned accepted industry thinking in how bunkers and crew wages are dealt with in a hijacking. Not only has it wrong-footed lawyer......