Northumbrian Shipping Company Ltd v Timm (E.) & Son Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date08 May 1939
Date08 May 1939
CourtHouse of Lords
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9 cases
  • Riverstone Meat Company Pty. Ltd v Lancashire Shipping Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 26 November 1959
    ...very clealy 39A similar approach, as it seems te me, is shown in some words used by Lord night in his speech in Northumbrian Shipping Company Ltd. v. E. Timm & Son Ltd., 1939 Appeal cases, p.397. Lord "Trigllt (at p.403) said: "The obligation to make a ship seaworthy is personal to the own......
  • Riverstone Meat Company Pty. Ltd v Lancashire Shipping Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 7 February 1961
    ...more case which introduced yet another category of persons for whose negligence the shipowner must be held liable. In Northumbrian Shipping Co., Ltd. v. E. Timm & Son, Ltd. [1939] A.C. 397, the same words occurring in the Canadian Water Carriage of Goods Act 1910 had to be construed, and L......
  • The "Sumi Maru 9001"
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 13 November 1992
    ...of seaworthiness at each stage of the voyage was approved by the House of Lords in Northumbrian Shipping Co Ltd v E Timm And Son Ltd [1939] AC 397 There, a cargo of wheat was shipped on board a vessel for carriage from Vancouver to Hull. At Vancouver the master was instructed to bunker for ......
  • The "Sumi Maru 9001"
    • Singapore
    • Court of Three Judges (Singapore)
    • 13 November 1992
    ...of seaworthiness at each stage of the voyage was approved by the House of Lords in Northumbrian Shipping Co Ltd v E Timm And Son Ltd [1939] AC 397 There, a cargo of wheat was shipped on board a vessel for carriage from Vancouver to Hull. At Vancouver the master was instructed to bunker for ......
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