Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [1998] All ER (D) 81
Court: House of Lords
Judge:

Lord Goff of Chieveley, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead and Lord Hutton

Representation Roderick Cordara QC and Vernon Flynn (instructed by Ince & Co) for Stocznia.
  Angus Glennie QC and Karen Maxwell (instructed by Lawrence Graham) for Latvian Shipping Co.
Judgment Dates: 26 February 1998

Catchwords

Contract - Shipbuilding contract - Default in payment - Rescission - Shipbuilders to build six vessels - Notice given of keel laying for hulls 1 and 2 - Instalment not paid - Contract rescinded - Whether shipbuilders entitled to recover keel laying instalment.

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