Index card St John Shipping Corpn v Joseph Rank Shipping Ltd

St John Shipping Corpn v Joseph Rank Shipping Ltd

Hearings

England & Wales

29 Oct 1956 [1957] 1 QB 267; [1956] 3 WLR 870; [1956] 3 All ER 683; [1956] 2 Lloyd's Rep 413, QBD

Subject Matter

SHIPPING — Load line — Overloading — Contravention of statute — Effect on contract of carriage — Whether shipowner entitled to recover freight — Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 9), ss. 44, 57.

[1957] 1 QB 267; [1956] 3 WLR 870; [1956] 3 All ER 683; [1956] 2 Lloyd's Rep 413, QBD

CONTRACT — Illegality — Contract prohibited by statute.

[1957] 1 QB 267; [1956] 3 WLR 870; [1956] 3 All ER 683; [1956] 2 Lloyd's Rep 413, QBD

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