Source:	All England Reporter
Publisher Citation:	[2002] All ER (D) 400 (May)
Court:	Commercial Court
Judge:	Judge Chambers QC
Representation	Simon Croall (instructed by Duval Vassiliades) for the claimant.
	Colin Wright (instructed by Ince & Co) for the defendants.
Judgment Dates:	24 May 2002

Catchwords

Shipping - Time charterparty - Provision of bunkering and agency services - Liability for services - Claimant Suez Canal protecting agents contracting with shipping agent for provision of supplies to vessel - Time charterers becoming insolvent - Claimant bringing action against owner and demise charterer of vessel - Egyptian law applying to claim - Whether under Egyptian law owner and demise charterer responsible for debts.

The Case

In an action brought by shipping agents against the owners and demise charterers of a vessel, it was held, under Egyptian law, that the debtor had been the time charterer, and thus the action was dismissed.

Practice Areas

• Company Commercial

If you are a LexisLibrary subscriber you can read more about this case here.

Lexis^®Library

• The All England Law Reports comprises judgments with headnotes and catchwords indicating the area of law and key issues of the case prepared by legally qualified editorsFind AllER Reports
• Cases related to this particular case that are related to, or discuss this caseView related cases
• Commentary discussing this particular case from LexisLibrary's comprehensive range of titles including Butterworths, Halsbury's and TolleyView related commentary