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In Dry Bulk Handy Holding Inc v Fayette International Holdings Ltd, the court considered whether a shipowner is entitled to demand payment to himself of freight under his bill of lading when that contract stipulates for payment to another party, provided the shipowner makes his demand before the freight has been paid to that other party.
In Dry Bulk Handy Holding Inc v Fayette International
Holdings Ltd (The "Bulk Chile") [2013] EWCA Civ 184,
the court considered whether a shipowner is entitled to demand
payment to himself of freight under his bill of lading when that
contract stipulates for payment to another party, provided the
shipowner makes his demand before the freight has been paid to that
other party.
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