The WLR Daily case summaries
[2016] WLR (D) 390
Court of Appeal
Mitsui & Co Ltd and others v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte mbH & Co KG and another
[2016] EWCA Civ 708
2016 June 28, 29;
July 13
Kitchin, Hamblen LJJ, Sir Timothy Lloyd
Shipping— General average— Substituted expenses— Vessel boarded by pirates and ransom demanded— Owners negotiating lower ransom over 51 days— Ransom paid and vessel released— Whether operating expenses incurred during negotiation period allowable in general average—
York-Antwerp Rules 1974, rule F
Ships’ names— Longchamp