Great China Metal Industries Company Ltd v Malaysian International Shipping Corporation Berhad (Bunga Seroja)
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Court | High Court |
| Judgment Date | 1999 |
| Year | 1999 |
| Date | 1999 |
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7 cases
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Volcafe Ltd and Others v Compania Sud Americana de Vapores SA (t/a CSAV)
...& Laurence Line Ltd 1966 SC(HL) 19; and in the High Court of Australia in Great China Metal Industries Co Ltd v Malaysian International Shipping Corpn Bhd (The “BUNGA SEROJA”) [1999] 1 Lloyd's Rep 512. 27 The “Albacora” is important mainly for its analysis of the meaning of inherent vic......
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Povey v Qantas Airways Ltd
... ... by Air — Liability of carrier — International Convention imposing liability for damage ... little from the meaning of the term in Great Britain, Germany, or the United States’. Both ... As I pointed out in Great China Metal Industries Co Ltd v Malaysian International Shipping Corp, Berhad 51 : ‘[The] extrinsic ... the departure from industry standards and company policy as the ‘unusual event’. But in Saks ... v Malaysian International Shipping Corporation Berhad 225 ... Perhaps the time has come to ... ...
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Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Qaah of 2004
...to apply for Australian citizenship, another matter which it is presently unnecessary to decide. 26Great China Metal Industries Co Ltd v Malaysian International Shipping Corporation, Berhad (1998) 196 CLR 161 at 176 [38], 186–187 [71], 213 [137], 227–228 [179]–[180]; Povey v Qantas Airways ......
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Volcafe Ltd and Others v Compania Sud Americana de Vapores SA (t/a CSAV)
...upon an Article 4 rule 2 exception if it disproved negligence. 49 The subsequent decision of the High Court of Australia in The Bunge Seroja [1999] 1 Lloyd's Rep 512 was another case where the exception of perils of the sea in Article IV rule 2(c) had been relied upon by the carrier. The tr......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Shipping in Australia 2020
...UKSC 61 will impact on the Australian jurisdiction particularly given the Australian High Court's decision in The Bunga Seroja [1999] 1 Lloyd's Rep 512 which was not followed by the Supreme Court. Intermediate Australian courts must continue to apply Bunga Seroja, until the question is dete......
1 books & journal articles
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Book Review: Shipping law and admiralty jurisdiction in South Africa
...v Malaysian International Shipping Corporation Berhad (The © Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd 356 (2000) 12 SA Merc LJ 'Bunga Seroja') [1999] 1 Lloyd's Rep 512. See also Martin Davies 'Application of the Hague Rules' Perils of the Sea' Defence in Australia: The 'Bunga Seroja' (1999) 23 Tulane Ma......
