The Fortunity

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtProbate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
Year1960
Date1960

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7 cases
  • Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Company
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 November 2000
    ...P 80 as a case where the vessel was not under charter and no loss of profits in addition to value was recoverable, and The FortunityWLR[1961] 1 WLR 351 as a case where, although the vessel was not under charter, Hewson J made a finding that the earnings of the Broads cruiser concerned were ......
  • Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Company (Nos 4 & 5)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 March 2002
    ...and wrong to reject KAC's head E(i) claim, so far as the Mosul Four are concerned, without further investigation of that claim. 626 The Fortunity is another case which, in our judgment, demonstrates the need for close attention to the particular circumstances of a claim. The Broads cruiser ......
  • The ‘Rainbow Star’
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 17 February 2011
    ...had already reflected the profitable engagements it had obtained. On the other hand, in Four of Hearts (Owners) v Fortunity (Owners) [1961] 1 WLR 351, Hewson J awarded the loss of profits that a motorcruiser, hired out on the Broads, would have made for the whole of the 1959 season had she ......
  • Kuwait Airways Corporation (Plaintiff) v Iraqi Airways Company (body Corporate)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 7 April 2000
    ...a vessel being under charter. Because of that particular finding of fact and the absence of similar facts in this case, I conclude that The Fortunity case does not help KAC. 212 Applying the analysis I have set out and on the assumption I have made about the way KAC would have put its case ......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Compensation for Harm to Property Interests
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Remedies: The Law of Damages. Third Edition Compensatory Damages
    • 21 June 2014
    ...of Lords in The Greta Holme . 119 In this case, Lord Herschell said: 115 Motor Cruiser Four of Hearts (Owners) v Fortunity (Owners) , [1961] 1 WLR 351. 116 (1993), 92 Man R (2d) 83 (CA). 117 O’Grady , above note 67; Lagden , above note 94; Dimond , above note 96; Opoku , above note 96. 118 ......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Remedies: The Law of Damages. Third Edition Limiting Principles
    • 21 June 2014
    ...99 BCLR (2d) 332, [1994] BCJ No 2471 (SC) ................... 236 Motor Cruiser Four of Hearts (Owners) v Fortunity (Owners) (1960), [1961] 1 WLR 351, [1960] 2 All ER 64, [1960] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 252 ............................................................................... 98 Moule v Garr......