Achilleas’ Heel | Case by Case (Ep. 54)

Late redelivery of a vessel at the end of time charter. What damages are recoverable? Surely that is settled – following the Achilleas principles… Second limb of Hadley… Special circumstances known prior to fixing, and all that…

Well, … what if the parties make an attempt to allocate the risk differently to that case law?
Secondly, is that really what the parties did here?
Thirdly, what do we think about the secondary finding that this follow-on fixture would fall within the second limb?

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