Tsavliris Salvage International Ltd v The Grain Board of Iraq

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date2008
Neutral Citation[2008] EWHC 612 (Comm)
Date2008
Year2008
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
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14 cases
  • London Steam-Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v Spain and Another [QBD (Comm)]
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 22 October 2013
    ...144 The first case is Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Iraq and Anor v Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd ("the Altair") [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 90. In that case shipowners entered into a salvage agreement with Tsavliris on a Lloyds Standard Form of Salvage Agreement ("the LOF"), contai......
  • The London Steamship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v The Kingdom of Spain and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 1 April 2015
    ...the decisions of Gross J. in Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Iraq and Anr v Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd (The 'Altair') [2008] EWHC 612 (Comm), [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 90 and of Gloster J. and this court in Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB v Lithuania (No. 2) [2005] EWHC 2437 (C......
  • La Générale Des Carrières Et Des Mines v Fg Hemisphere Associates Llc [Pc]
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 17 July 2012
    ...881; [1977] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 581; [1977] 2 C.M.L.R. 465, considered. (21) Tsavliris Salvage (Intl.) Ltd. v. Grain Board of Iraq, [2008] 2 All E.R. (Comm) 805; [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 90; [2008] 1 C.L.C. 592; [2008] EWHC 612 (Comm), referred to. (22) Walker Intl. Holdings Ltd. v. Republic of Con......
  • Wilhelm Finance Inc. v Ente Administrador Del Astillero Rio Santiago
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 19 May 2009
    ...department was said to be a pointer to the conclusion that such status was not the intent of the state. 10 Finally, in The Altair [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 90 Gross J. had to consider whether the Grain Board of Iraq was a department of the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Iraq or was a sepa......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Disputes With States
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 15 September 2021
    ...clear whether a body is an entity separate from the state. In Tsavliris Salvage (International) Limited -v- Grain Board of Iraq [2008] EWHC 612 (Comm) Gross J held that the Grain Board of Iraq (GBI) "possessed a separate identity, together with financial and administrative independence." He......
  • Disputes With States
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 15 September 2021
    ...clear whether a body is an entity separate from the state. In Tsavliris Salvage (International) Limited -v- Grain Board of Iraq [2008] EWHC 612 (Comm) Gross J held that the Grain Board of Iraq (GBI) "possessed a separate identity, together with financial and administrative independence." He......

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