National Justice Compania Naviera SA v Prudential Assurance Company Ltd (Ikarian Reefer)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date25 February 1993
Date25 February 1993
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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  • O'Leary v Mercy University Hospital Cork Ltd
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 31 Mayo 2019
    ...Held by MacMenamin J that, adopting the tests in National Justice Compania Naviera SA. v Prudential Assurance Company Limited [1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep 68 (the “Ikarian Reefer”), it had not been shown that the evidence was anything other than independent, objective and unbiased. MacMenamin J hel......
  • Vernon v Bosley (No. 2)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 13 Diciembre 1996
    ... ... Lord Justice Stuart-Smith ... Lord Justice Evans ... Lord ... for the loss of capital and profits in a company called Parearo Ltd., the failure of which company ... feeling like a man who has just won the national lottery; with or without good reason he may be ... of the duties of expert witnesses in the Ikarian Reefer [1993] 2 Ll.R. 68 at 81, subsequently ... ...
  • Al Sadik v Investcorp
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 18 Mayo 2012
    ... ... (10) Laflamme v. Prudential-Bache Commodities Canada Ltd. (2000), 185 D.L.R ... 638 , considered. (11) National Justice Cia. Naviera SA v. Prudential Assur. Co. Ltd., ‘The Ikarian Reefer’ , [1993] FSR 563 ; [1993] 2 Lloyd”s ... will authorize or otherwise cause the company to take any actions that the board believes are ... Ltd. v. Eagle Star Life Assurance Co. Ltd. [1997] A.C. 749. (5) The ... more vigorously when he said in Antaios Compania Naviera S.A. v. Salen Rederierna A.B. [1985] ... ...
  • Clough v Tameside & Glossop Health Authority
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • Invalid date
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9 firm's commentaries
  • Expert Witnesses ' Court Of Appeal Calls For Culture Change
    • Ireland
    • Mondaq Ireland
    • 10 Noviembre 2022
    ...4. https://www.courts.ie/rules/evidence 5. National Justice Compania Naviera S.A v Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd (the Ikarian Reefer [1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 68 at 81-82; and [2000] EWHC 127, 72 Con LR 118, [2000] All ER (D) 294 at The content of this article is intended to provide a general gu......
  • Expert Witnesses: The Who, What, When And How Of Retaining Experts And Making Them Effective For You
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 10 Noviembre 2016
    ...in an often cited passage from National Justice Compania Naviera S.A. v. Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd. ("The Ikarian Reefer"), [1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 68, at p. 81 (Eng. Q.B. Comm.), rev'd on other grounds but endorsed on this point, [1995] 1 Lloyd's Rep 455 (Eng. C.A. Civ.), at p. Expert evi......
  • Benefit Of The Doubt? Update On Experts' Duties And Witness Credibility
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 22 Febrero 2022
    ...to protection from the risk of an adverse credibility finding. Applying the familiar principles laid down in 'The Ikarian Reefer' [1993] 2 Lloyds Rep 68, it was held that: 'To extend the scope of the expert's duty to the protection of a party form the risk of an adverse credibility finding ......
  • Benefit Of The Doubt? Update On Experts' Duties And Witness Credibility
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 22 Febrero 2022
    ...to protection from the risk of an adverse credibility finding. Applying the familiar principles laid down in 'The Ikarian Reefer' [1993] 2 Lloyds Rep 68, it was held that: 'To extend the scope of the expert's duty to the protection of a party form the risk of an adverse credibility finding ......
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24 books & journal articles
  • Litigation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 Abril 2020
    ...v Xstrata Ltd [2017] EWHC 1582 (QB). 526 National Justice Compania Naviera SA v Prudential Assurance Co Ltd (the “Ikarian Reefer”) [1993] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 68 at 81–82, per Cresswell J; UBC (Construction) Ltd v Sung Foo Kee Ltd [1993] HKCFI 261 at [105]–[109], per Kaplan J; R v Balfour Beatty C......
  • Subject Index
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 7-4, December 2003
    • 1 Diciembre 2003
    ...(1996) 22EHRR 29 ..................................... 34, 35National Justice Compania vPrudential Assurance (The IkarianReefer) [1993] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 68 .. 267National Westminster Bank plc vMorgan [1985] AC 686 ................. 226Ng Chun-Pui v Lee Chuen Tat [1988]RTR 298 .......................
  • Indexes
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 18-4, October 2014
    • 1 Octubre 2014
    ...IrishBank, Re [1999]3 IR 145. . . . . . 108National Justice Compania Naviera SA vPrudential Assurance Co. Ltd (The ‘IkarianReefer’) [1993]2 Lloyd’s Rep68 . . . . . . . . . 322Nelson vHM Advocate 1988SCCR 536 . . . . . . . 15Nicholas vThe Queen (1998)CLR 173 . . . . . . . 247Nolan vMcLeod 19......
  • Subject Index
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The No. 12-4, November 2008
    • 1 Noviembre 2008
    ...Ltd and the Companies Act1990, Re[1999] 3 IR145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230National Justice Compania v PrudentialAssurance [1993] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 68, Comm. Ct(‘The IkarianReefer’) . . . . . . . . . . . . .96–97, 99Nguyen vR [2007] NSWCCA249 . . . . . . . . . . . . .80Nominal Defendant......
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