Stocznia Gdanska SA v Latvian Shipping Company and Others

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLORD GOFF OF CHIEVELEY,LORD LLOYD OF BERWICK,LORD HOFFMANN,LORD HOPE OF CRAIGHEAD,LORD HUTTON
Judgment Date26 February 1998
Judgment citation (vLex)[1998] UKHL J0226-3
Date26 February 1998
CourtHouse of Lords
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77 cases
  • Tan Ah Tong v Che Pee Saad
    • Malaysia
    • Court of Appeal (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Stocznia Gdanska SA v Latreefers Inc.
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 9 February 2000
    ...The yard took proceedings and obtained summary judgment for $11m for keel laying instalments due in respect of the first two vessels (see [1998] CLC 540; [1998] 1 WLR 574). Claims by the yard against Latreefers for damages for breach of contract and against Latco and others for the tort of ......
  • Scottish Power Uk Plc v BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 25 September 2015
    ...of such remedies: see Gilbert-Ash Northern Ltd v Modern Engineering (Bristol) Ltd [1974] AC 689, 717 (Lord Diplock); Stocznia Gdanska SA v Latvian Shipping Co [1998] 1 WLR 574, 585; Stocznia Gdynia SA v Gearbulk Holdings Ltd [2010] QB 27, para 23. Identifying the factual matrix 24 The prese......
  • John Spencer Harvey v Dunbar Assets Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 July 2013
    ...application of Lord Diplock's requirement of clear words in relation to remedies for breach of contract can be found in Stocznia Gdanska SA v. Latvian Shipping Co [1998] 1 WLR 574 at 585C per Lord Goff. Even in BCCI v. Ali itself Lord Bingham expressed himself in similar terms in the contex......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Offshore wind: floating futures
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 18 November 2020
    ...2 Lloyd’s Rep 345, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co v. Papadopoulos [1980] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 1, Stocznia Gdanska SA v. Latvian Shipping Co [1998] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 609, Dalmare SpA v. Union Maritime Ltd (The Union Power) [2010] EWHC 3537 (Comm), Neon Shipping v. Foreign Economic and Technical Co-operati......
  • Contractual Implications Of Closure Of A North Sea Oil & Gas Field - The Scottish Power Decision
    • Ireland
    • Mondaq Ireland
    • 17 November 2015
    ...2 WLR 593 (3) See Gilbert-Ash Northern Ltd v Modern Engineering (Bristol) Ltd [1974] AC 689. Stocznai Gdanska SA v Latvian Shipping Co. [1998] 1 WLR 574. (4) Mamidoil-Jetoil Greek Petroleum Co. SA v Okta Crude Oil Refinery AD [2003] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1; The Azur Gaz [2006] 1 Lloyd's Rep 163; Gr......
10 books & journal articles
  • Restitution
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...that they had not ‘received the benefit of any part of that which they had bargained for’: Stocznia Gdanska SA v Latvian Shipping Co[1998] 1 WLR 574 (HL) at 587. It seems a long shot to argue that the plaintiffs in this case got nothing of what they had bargained for because of the diminuti......
  • Reciprocity in Contract Law
    • South Africa
    • Juta Stellenbosch Law Review No. , August 2019
    • 16 August 2019
    ...Furnitu re Manufacturer s (Pty) Ltd 1986 4 SA 510 (N ) 518C171 518E-51 9D172 Peel Treitel Th e Law of Contract 18 -013173 18- 013174 [1998] 1 WLR 574 (HL)175 [1980] 1 WLR 1129 (HL)176 Stoczn ia Gdanska SA v Latvi an Shipping Co [1998] 1 WLR 574 (HL) 587A-B (Lord Goff) a nd 599A-H (Lord Lloy......
  • Back on Course - Excluding the Right to Limit Liability Under the 1976 Convention: Bahamas Oil Refining Company International Ltd v The Owners of the Cape Bari Tankschiffahrts GMBH & Co KG ('The Cape Bari') [2016] UKPC 20
    • Australia
    • Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal No. 30-2, October 2016
    • 1 October 2016
    ...House Construction (Regions) Ltd v General Survey & Guarantee Co Ltd [1996] 1 AC 199, 208; Stocznia Gdanska SA v Latvian Shipping Co [1998] 1 WLR 574, 585; HIH Casualty & General Insurance Ltd v Chase Manhattan Bank [2003] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 61, 67 [11]; Stocznia Gdynia v Gearbulk Holdings Ltd [......
  • Lecture - ONES DAY PROFESSORSHIP OF COMMERCIAL LAW LECTURE 2019 – “THE STATE OF ILLEGALITY”
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2019, December 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...UKSC 42; [2017] AC 467 at [192]. 76 Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42; [2017] AC 467 at [264]. 77 Stocznia Gdanska SA v Latvian Shipping Co [1998] 1 WLR 574. 78 Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42; [2017] AC 467 at [167]. 79 Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42; [2017] AC 467 at [176]. 80 Patel v Mirza [2016] ......
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