Watson Steamship Company v Merryweather & Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtKing's Bench Division
Judgment Date18 June 1913
Date18 June 1913

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14 cases
  • Alma Shipping Corporation of Monrovia v Mantovani (Dione)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 Noviembre 1974
    ...is only bound to pay the charter rate until she is actually re delivered, see ( Gray and Co. v. Christie 1889) 5 TLR 577: Watson Steamship Co. v. Morryweather & Co. (1913) 18 Commercial Cases at page 300 ( without the handwritten words) (b) No margin or allowance express or implied 22 B......
  • Transfield Shipping Inc. v Mercator Shipping Inc. (The Achilleas)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 6 Septiembre 2007
    ...disputes to construe) terms for the length of a charter as excluding any such presumption of approximation. 25 In Watson Steamship Co v. Merryweather & Co (1913) 18 Com Cas 294, Atkin J held that redelivery of a vessel on 20 November 1912, when her charterer had sent her on a last voyage kn......
  • Transfield Shipping Inc. v Mercator Shipping Inc. (The Achilleas)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 1 Diciembre 2006
    ...can only be claimed under the second limb. There is no such rule. The authorities on late redelivery 18 In Watson Steamship Co v Merryweather & Co [1913] 18 Com Cas 294 the vessel was redelivered 20 days late: on November 20 th instead of October 31 st. The special case recorded that: "6. A......
  • Transfield Shipping Inc. of Panama v Mercator Shipping Inc. of Monrovia (The Achilleas)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 6 Septiembre 2007
    ...Rep 335 (CA); [1994] CLC 1188 (HL). Victoria Laundry (Windsor) Ltd v Newman Industries LtdELR [1949] 2 KB 528. Watson Steamship Co v Merryweather & CoUNK (1913) 18 Com Cas 294. Shipping — Time charter — Damages for late redelivery — Remoteness — Breach of contract — Loss of profit — Owners ......
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