Mitsui & Co Ltd & Ors v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG & Ors [2016] Court of Appeal 10 Aug Written By Louise Glover Mitsui & Co Ltd & Ors v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 708-13.07.16 (Kitchin LJ, Hamblen LJ, Sir Timothy Lloyd) “Following ransom negotiations that lasted for 51 days between Owners and pirates, it was held that Owners could not recover crew-related expenses or bunkers as general average for that period since these expenses were not incurred as a true alternative to the pirates' initial ransom demand, and therefore not within the meaning of Rule F of the York Antwerp Rules.”Vasilis BikakisE. G. Arghyrakis & Co.10th August 2016 Louise Glover
Mitsui & Co Ltd & Ors v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG & Ors [2016] Court of Appeal 10 Aug Written By Louise Glover Mitsui & Co Ltd & Ors v Beteiligungsgesellschaft LPG & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 708-13.07.16 (Kitchin LJ, Hamblen LJ, Sir Timothy Lloyd) “Following ransom negotiations that lasted for 51 days between Owners and pirates, it was held that Owners could not recover crew-related expenses or bunkers as general average for that period since these expenses were not incurred as a true alternative to the pirates' initial ransom demand, and therefore not within the meaning of Rule F of the York Antwerp Rules.”Vasilis BikakisE. G. Arghyrakis & Co.10th August 2016 Louise Glover