Catalogue description Shipping Claims Tribunal: Records of Claims

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Title: Shipping Claims Tribunal: Records of Claims
Description:

Shipping Tribunal case files, 1941 to 1950, arising from disputes with the Ministry of War Transport, later Ministry of Transport, as to the payment of compensation in respect of the requisition or acquisition of vessels or the taking of space or accommodation therein under the Compensation (Defence) Act 1939.

Also included is a register of claims, 1939 to 1952, giving in certain cases the date of the hearing, details of the claimant, the vessel concerned, the amount claimed and awarded and any order as to costs.
Date: 1939-1952
Arrangement:

Files are arranged in chronological order.The list indicates the names of claimants and vessels concerned.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Shipping Claims Tribunal, 1939-1952
Physical description: 27 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Administrative / biographical background:

Many claims were never heard, as a result of being withdrawn or settled out of court. In other cases claims were held to be out of time or outside the jurisdiction of the tribunal under the terms of the act.

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