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Mitsui & Co Ltd v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte MBH & Co KG (The Longchamp)

Hearings

England & Wales

24 Oct 2014 [2014] EWHC 3445 (Comm); [2015] 1 Lloyd's Rep 76, QBD (Stephen Hofmeyr QC)

13 Jul 2016 [2016] EWCA Civ 708; [2016] Bus LR 1285; [2017] 1 All ER (Comm) 264; [2016] 2 Lloyd's Rep 375; [2016] WLR (D) 390, CA

25 Feb 2017 (appn all) [2017] Bus LR 724, SC(E)

25 Oct 2017 [2017] UKSC 68; [2017] Bus LR 1909; [2018] 1 All ER 545; [2018] 1 All ER (Comm) 815; [2018] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1; [2017] WLR (D) 703; Case details, SC(E)

Ships

MV Longchamp

Subject Matter

SHIPPING — General average — Expense recoverable — Vessel seized by pirates — Ransom negotiations — Whether expenses of negotiation to be included in general average — Whether cost of bunker consumption “expense” — York-Antwerp Rules 1974, rr A, F

[2014] EWHC 3445 (Comm); [2015] 1 Lloyd's Rep 76, QBD

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 negotiation period operating expenses allowable in general average as expense incurred in substitution for higher cost of paying initial ransom demand — York-Antwerp Rules 1974, rule F

[2016] EWCA Civ 708; [2016] Bus LR 1285; [2017] 1 All ER (Comm) 264; [2016] 2 Lloyd's Rep 375; [2016] WLR (D) 390, CA

[2017] UKSC 68; [2017] Bus LR 1909; [2018] 1 All ER 545; [2018] 1 All ER (Comm) 815; [2018] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1; [2017] WLR (D) 703; Case details, SC(E)

Appellate History

Mitsui & Co Ltd v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte MBH & Co KG (The Longchamp) [2014] EWHC 3445 (Comm); [2015] 1 Lloyd's Rep 76, QBD

Decision of Stephen Hofmeyr QC sitting as a deputy judge of the Queen’s Bench Division reversed in part

Mitsui & Co Ltd v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte MBH & Co KG (The Longchamp) [2016] EWCA Civ 708; [2016] Bus LR 1285; [2017] 1 All ER (Comm) 264; [2016] 2 Lloyd's Rep 375; [2016] WLR (D) 390, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Mitsui & Co Ltd v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte MBH & Co KG (The Longchamp) [2017] UKSC 68; [2017] Bus LR 1909; [2018] 1 All ER 545; [2018] 1 All ER (Comm) 815; [2018] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1; [2017] WLR (D) 703; Case details, SC(E)

Commentary

UKSC Blog
Case Comment: Mitsui & Co Ltd & Ors v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG Tankerflotte MBH & Co KG & Anor [2017] UKSC 68 Case comment

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