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Monday, 9 January 2012

As (So) Near Thereto as She may Safely Get

Lord Watson in Dahl v Nelson, Donkin, and Others, (1881) 6 App. Cas.38, stated at p.57 that
I think it may be taken as settled law, that when, by the terms of a charterparty, a loaded ship is destined to a particular dock, or as near thereto as she may safely get, the first of these alternatives constitutes a primary obligation; and, in order to complete her voyage, the vessel must proceed to and into the dock named, unless it has become in some sense "impossible" to do so.
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