Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [1997] All ER (D) 77
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Staughton, Auld and Balcombe LJJ

Representation Simon Rainey (instructed by Clifford Chance) for the charterers.
  Richard Jacobs (instructed by Holman Fenwick & Willan) for the owners.
Judgment Dates: 18 November 1997

Catchwords

Charterparty - Loss recoverable under charterparty - Charterers claiming losses as damages for breach of contract or as money payable under contractual indemnity - Arbitrators rejecting claim for damages on grounds that loss was not foreseeable, but allowing claim for indemnity - Whether charterers entitled to recover loss which was not in reasonable contemplation of parties.

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