The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1969] 1 AC 350
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
KOUFOS APPELLANT AND C. CZARNIKOW LTD. RESPONDENTS
[On appeal from C. CZARNIKOW LTD. v. KOUFOS]
1967 June 12,
13,
14,
19,
20,
21,
22;
Oct. 17.
Oct. 17.
LORD REID, LORD MORRIS OF BORTH-Y-GEST, LORD HODSON, LORD PEARCE and LORD UPJOHN.
Shipping
— Charterparty
— Damages
— Remoteness of damage
— Deviation by ship
— Delay in voyage
— Fall in market price of goods
— Whether damages limited to interest on value of cargo
— Whether damages decline in value of goods between due delivery and actual delivery
— Measure of damages.
Damages
— Remoteness
— Shipping
— Breach of charterparty
— Delayed delivery of goods
— Measure of damages.
Judicial Precedent
— Decision long undisturbed
— Shipping
— 90 years' old case cited in leading textbooks
— Based on different conditions of ocean transport
— Whether to be followed.
Judicial Precedent
— United States decision
— Commercial law
— Desirability of uniformity
— Measure of damages for delayed delivery of goods under charterparty.