ship sales and fraud of intermediaries
Journal of Business Law 1987 Article SHIP SALES AND FRAUDS BY INTERMEDIARIES David G. Powles. Copyright (c) 1987 Sweet & Maxwell Limited and Contributors Case: Armagas Ltd v Mundogas SA (The Ocean Frost) [1986] A.C. 717 (HL) Subject: SHIPPING. Other related subjects: Criminal law Keywords: Agency; Fraud; Shipping law; Vicarious liability *337 Maritime frauds are difficult to detect, even more difficult tolitigate successfully and may take an inexhaustible number of forms. Althoughthe legal aspects of many types of such fraud have hitherto been discussed inthis Journal, [FN1] it is clear that the cases underlying the legal principlesthere discussed represent only the tip of the iceberg or perhaps the tips ofseveral icebergs and that no legal discussion on such fraud can ever beexhaustive. There is a dearth of reported ma...