The Business Law Reports
[2024] Bus LR 580
Supreme Court
Herculito Maritime Ltd and others
v
Gunvor International BV and others
[2024] UKSC 2
2023 Oct 4, 5;
2024 Jan 17
2024 Jan 17
Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lady Rose, Lord Richards JJSC
Shipping— Charterparty— General average— Voyage charter requiring charterer to pay additional insurance premium for transiting Gulf of Aden— Charter clauses incorporated into bills of lading by general words of incorporation— Pirates seizing vessel while transiting Gulf of Aden— Shipowner paying ransom and seeking contribution in general average from cargo interests— Whether insurance provisions in charter giving rise to complete insurance code precluding recovery of contribution from charterer in respect of losses within insurances— Whether code incorporated into bills of lading— Whether precluding contribution from holders of bills
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