The Business Law Reports
[2007] Bus LR 997
House of Lords
Golden Strait Corpn
v
Nippon Yusen Kubishika Kaisha
[2007] UKHL 12
2007 Feb 14,
15;
March 28
March 28
Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Lord Carswell and Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
Damages
— Contract
— Breach
— Principle that damages to be assessed as at date of breach
— Whether permissible to take into account subsequent events
Shipping
— Charterparty
— Repudiation
— Repudiation of long-term charterparty where market available
— Charterparty containing war clause
— Charterers repudiating charterparty
— War breaking out after repudiation but before end of charter period
— Whether damages recoverable by shipowner to be assessed as at date of repudiation or to take actual outbreak of war into account
Ships' names
— Golden Victory