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Catalogue description Shipping Claims Tribunal: Records of Claims
| Reference: | J 101 |
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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Many claims were never heard, as a result of being withdrawn or settled out of court.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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