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Case Nos: CL-2023-000206 and CL-2023-000207 - [2025] EWHC 1591 (Comm)
Fecha: 26-Jun-2025
Heading
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before :
MR JUSTICE BUTCHER
Between :
OCEAN CLAP SHIPPING LIMITED | Claimant |
- and – | |
(1) GLOBAL OFFSHORE SERVICES BV (2) GLOBAL OFFSHORE SERVICES LIMITED | Defendants |
AND BETWEEN
MT KAILASH SARL
Claimant
-and-
(1) GLOBAL OFFSHORE SERVICES BV
(2) GLOBAL OFFSHORE SERVICES LIMITED
Defendants
James Leabeater KC and Neil Dowers (instructed by Stephenson Harwood LLP) for the Claimants
Charles Debattista and Moeiz Farhan (instructed by Watson Farley & Williams LLP) for the Defendants
Hearing dates: 13-15 May 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10:00am on 26th June 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
Contents
- Heading
- The issues and the parties’ arguments 8 The Alleged General Agreement 9
- Overall Conclusions 32
- The Charterparties
- The Guarantees
- The General Assignments
- Charterers’ Default
- The issues and the parties’ arguments
- The Alleged General Agreement
- Contract formation
- Waiver
- Estoppel
- The facts relevant to the alleged General Agreement
- Section 19
- Section 20
- Section 21
- Section 22
- Section 23
- Section 24
- Section 25
- Owners
- Charterers
- Conclusions as to the General Agreement
- Waiver
- Estoppel
- Other Liability Issues under the Charterparties
- Quantum of Claims under the Charterparties
- The Claim on the Guarantees
- The Parties’ contentions
- Conclusions as to liability issues on Guarantees
- Quantum of claim on Guarantees
- Conclusions