C Czarnikow Ltd v Koufos (The Heron II)

Subject Matter

DAMAGES — Remoteness — Shipping — Breach of charterparty — Delayed delivery of goods — Measure of damages

[1966] 2 QB 695; [1966] 2 WLR 1397; [1966] 2 All ER 593; [1966] 1 Lloyd's Rep 595, CA

[1969] 1 AC 350; [1967] 3 WLR 1491; [1967] 3 All ER 686; [1967] 2 Lloyd's Rep 457, HL(E)

JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Decision long undisturbed — Shipping — 90 years' old case cited in leading textbooks — Based on different conditions of ocean transport — Whether to be followed

[1966] 2 QB 695; [1966] 2 WLR 1397; [1966] 2 All ER 593; [1966] 1 Lloyd's Rep 595, CA

[1969] 1 AC 350; [1967] 3 WLR 1491; [1967] 3 All ER 686; [1967] 2 Lloyd's Rep 457, HL(E)

JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — United States decision, — Commercial law — Desirability of uniformity — Measure of damages for delayed delivery of goods under charterparty

[1966] 2 QB 695; [1966] 2 WLR 1397; [1966] 2 All ER 593; [1966] 1 Lloyd's Rep 595, CA

[1969] 1 AC 350; [1967] 3 WLR 1491; [1967] 3 All ER 686; [1967] 2 Lloyd's Rep 457, HL(E)

SHIPPING — Charterparty — Damages — Remoteness of damage — Deviation by ship — Delay in voyage — Fall in market price of goods — Whether damages limited to interest on value of cargo — Whether damages decline in value of goods between due delivery and actual delivery — Measure of damages

[1966] 2 QB 695; [1966] 2 WLR 1397; [1966] 2 All ER 593; [1966] 1 Lloyd's Rep 595, CA

[1969] 1 AC 350; [1967] 3 WLR 1491; [1967] 3 All ER 686; [1967] 2 Lloyd's Rep 457, HL(E)

Appellate History