Partenreederei M. S. Karen Oltmann v Scarsdale Shipping Company Ltd (Karen Oltmann)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1976 |
| Date | 1976 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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55 cases
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Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd and another
...decide whether such an exception can be justified. The leading case is the decision of Kerr J the Karen Oltmann ( Partenreederei MS Karen Oltmann v Scarsdale Shipping Co Ltd [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep 708. This concerned a time charter for 2 years (14 days more or less in charterers'option) whic......
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Cavell USA Inc. and Another v Seaton Insurance Company and Another
... ... v) Relying on The “Karen Oltmann” [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 708, the ... : Standard Chartered Bank v Pakistan Shipping Corporation [2003] 1 AC 959 , at 968; (2) that ... ...
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Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd and another
...decide whether such an exception can be justified. The leading case is the decision of Kerr J the Karen Oltmann ( Partenreederei MS Karen Oltmann v Scarsdale Shipping Co Ltd [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep 708. This concerned a time charter for 2 years (14 days more or less in charterers'option) whic......
- Tan Lian Keng and Others; United Malayan Banking Corporation Bhd
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If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It - Contract Interpretation After Chartbrook v Persimmon
...other occasion. However, Lord Hoffman considered the case Karen Oltmann (Partenreederei MS Karen Oltmann v Scarsdale Shipping Co Ltd [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep 708 went too far in pre-contract communication to interpret the meaning of the word "after". Lord Hoffman stated that if a word can have ......
4 books & journal articles
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RESOLVING AMBIGUITY THROUGH EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE
...are admissible to determine the parties’ intention: Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act, supra n 8, Art 8(3). 92 [1976] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 708. 93 [1981] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 40. 94 Supra n 72, at 1383. 95 Supra n 93, at 44; see also Static Control Components (Europe) Ltd v Egan, supra n 74, ......
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A New Thing Under the Sun? The Interpretation of Contract and the ICS Decision
...in their private dictionary. It was so held in The Karen Oltmann,6969Partenreederei MS Karen Oltmann v Scarsdale Shipping Co Ltd [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep 708. See also ProForce Recruit Ltd v The Rugby Group Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 69. In his judgment in Chartbrook (n 66) at para 42, Briggs J sugges......
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INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS AND THE ADMISSIBILITY OF PRE-CONTRACTUAL NEGOTIATIONS
...73 Supra n 36. 74 Evidence of pre-contractual negotiations is, in fact, likely to be admissible in such a case: see The Karen Oltmann[1976] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 708. 75 See, for example, National Bank of Sharjah v Dellborg, supra n 9 and Scottish Power plc v Britoil (Exploration) Ltd, supra n 9. 7......
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Fundamental Issues for Reform of the Law of Contractual Interpretation
...of the ‘private dictionary’ principle derives from Partenreederei MS Karen Oltmann v Scarsdale Shipping Co Ltd (The Karen Oltmann) [1976] 2 Lloyd's Rep 708, though elements of the idea may be traced back to the nineteenth century (see especially Shore v Wilson, Lady Hewley's Charities (1842......