Jupiter cruise ship accident - Insurers’ deadline

Title

Jupiter cruise ship accident - Insurers’ deadline

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

14 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:15

Description

James Bays reports on a two thousand pounds compensation offer by insurers, Norton Rose to passengers who were on board the Jupiter cruise ship which sank off Piraeus in Greece in 10/88. At a High Court hearing in London, lawyers representing passengers challenged the deadline of 14/06/89 for acceptance of the offer. Includes interview with Fraser Whitehead, solicitor.

Contributors

James Bays; Fraser Whitehead

Keywords

Shipwrecks; London; Compensation; Greece; Insurance; Ships; Cruise ships; High courts; Piraeus; Jupiter (ship); Seaborne accidents; Norton Rose

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