Rethinking Unjust Enrichment, Bailment and Necessity

The Kos In The Winson , 1 the House of Lords held that salvors who took steps to prevent deterioration of salved cargo after a salvage agreement had ended had “a correlative right to charge the owner of the goods with the expenses reasonably incurred in doing so”. The * Pupil Barrister, Hong Kong. *...

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Main Authors: LEE, Ken TC, SEE, Alvin Wei-Liang
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
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Summary:The Kos In The Winson , 1 the House of Lords held that salvors who took steps to prevent deterioration of salved cargo after a salvage agreement had ended had “a correlative right to charge the owner of the goods with the expenses reasonably incurred in doing so”. The * Pupil Barrister, Hong Kong. ** Lecturer in Law, Taylor’s University, Malaysia The authors would like to thank Professor Lusina Ho of HKU and Mr David Martin-Clark for their helpful comments and encouragements. All views and errors remain our own. 1. China Pacific SA v. Food Corp of India (The Winson) [1982] AC 939, 961 (Lord Diplock). See also ibid , 963 (Lord Simon of Glaisdale). CASE AND COMMENT 179