The City of Mecca

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal
Judgment Date04 May 1881
Date04 May 1881

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8 cases
  • SC Rolinay Sea Star Srl v Owners and/or demise charterers of the ship 'Bumbesti' [QBD (Admiralty)]
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Admiralty)
    • 22 June 1999
    ...cited in argument: Bazias 3, The [1993] Q.B. 673; [1993] 2 W.L.R. 854; [1993] 2 All E.R. 964, C.A. City of Mecca, The (1879) 5 P.D. 28; (1881) 6 P.D. 106 Despina G.K., The [1983] Q.B. 214; [1982] 3 W.L.R. 950; [1983] 1 All E.R. 1 Hartlepool, The (1950) 84 Ll.L.Rep. 145 Jalamatsya, The [1987......
  • Jebmed S.R.L. v Capitalease S.P.A. Owners of M/v Trading Fabrizia et Al; Elburg Ship Management v Enterprise Shipping Agency et Al
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 19 July 2017
    ...based. 35 For the first proposition see Halsbury's Laws of England Volume 19 [2011] 4 paragraph 435 and the case of The City of Mecca (1881) 6 P.D. 106 and The “Sylt” [1991] 1 Lloyd's Reports 240 at 244. For the second and third propositions see Halsbury's Laws of England, Volume 8 paragrap......
  • NAVI- BUNKERING CROP VS M.V. EVANGELI
    • Sri Lanka
    • Court of Appeal (Sri Lanka)
    • 21 July 2022
    ...7 Moo PC 267) This type of action which is unique to the law of Admiralty was defined by Sir George Jessel M.R. in the City of Mecca (1881) 6 PD 106 thus: "You may in England and in most countries proceed against the ship. The writ may be issued against the owner, and the owner may never ap......
  • M.V. “Evangeli” and other Vs Navi- Bun kering Crop
    • Sri Lanka
    • Court of Appeal (Sri Lanka)
    • 21 July 2022
    ...7 Moo PC 267) This type of action which is unique to the law of Admiralty was defined by Sir George Jessel M.R. in the City of Mecca (1881) 6 PD 106 “You may in England and in most countries proceed against the ship. The writ may be issued against the owner, and the owner may never appear a......
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1 books & journal articles
  • IN PERSONAM LIABILITY, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP AND THE ACTION IN REM
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1994, December 1994
    • 1 December 1994
    ...No. 32 of 1961) and “The Ocean Jade”[1991] 2 M.L.J. 385. See also “The Despina G.K.”[1982] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 555; “The City of Mecca”(1881) 6 P.D. 106; “The Tubantia”[1924] P. 78 and “The Daien Mam No. 18”[1985] 2 M.L.J. 90. 3 See “The Ocean Jade”[1991] 2 M.L.J. 385 at 389 and “The Permina 108......