United Kingdom safe portcharterpartywar risk

The Evia (No 2) (Kodros Shipping Corp v Empresa Cubana de Fletes)

[1983] 1 AC 736

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHouse of Lords

Year1983

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Safe port; charterer's obligation is prospective not absolute; charterer must nominate port safe at time of nomination; war risk and political unsafety

Area of Law

shipping

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