CA-2024-001802 - [2025] EWCA Civ 1389

Fecha: 05-Nov-2025

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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWCA Civ 1389

Case No: CA-2024-001802

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)

ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

KING’S BENCH DIVISION

BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COMMERCIAL COURT

Simon Colton KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)

[2024] EWHC 1749 (Comm)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 05/11/2025

Before:

SIR JULIAN FLAUX, CHANCELLOR OF THE HIGH COURT

LORD JUSTICE MALES
and

LADY JUSTICE FALK

Between:

LAKATAMIA SHIPPING CO. LTD

Appellant/

Claimant

- and -

1) NOBU SU/HSIN CHI SU (aka SU HSIN CHI; aka NOBU MORIMOTO)

2) CHANG TAI-CHOU

3) ARNAUD ZABALDANO

Respondents/Defendants

S. J. Phillips KC & James Goudkamp (instructed by Hill Dickinson LLP) for the Appellant

The First Respondent appeared remotely in person

The Second and Third Respondents did not appear and were not represented

Hearing dates: 14 & 15 October 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on Wednesday 5 November 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

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