The Weekly Law Reports
[1985] 3 WLR 381
[PRIVY COUNCIL]
CANDLEWOOD NAVIGATION CORPORATION LTD. APPELLANT AND MITSUI O.S.K. LINES LTD. AND ANOTHER RESPONDENTS
[APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES]
1985 May 13,
14,
15;
July 1
July 1
Lord Fraser of Tullybelton, Lord Roskill, Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord Templeman and Lord Griffiths
Negligence
— Duty of care to whom?
— Time charterer
— Defendant's vessel negligently colliding with vessel subject of bareboat charter with time charter back to vessel's owner
— Whether economic loss recoverable by time charterer
Damages
— Remoteness
— Foreseeability
— Collision between two vessels
— Temporary repairs delayed by union ban
— Ban in support of political rather than industrial objectives
— Whether union ban foreseeable
— Whether in quantifying damages due to bareboat charterer days lost through union ban to be included
— Ships' Names
— Ibaraki Maru
— Mineral Transporter