Shippers of cargo on a chartered ship brought an action against the shipowners for damage caused to the cargo by bad stowage, for which the shipowners were responsible. The cargo was shipped under charterers’ bills of lading, so that the contract of carriage contained in or evidenced by the bills of lading was between the shippers and the charterers. The shipowners sought to rely, as against the shippers, on an exception in the bill of lading which protected the charterers from liability for damage due to bad stowage.
Held: The shipowners were entitled to do so. Lord Sumner: ‘in the circumstances of this case the obligations to be inferred from the reception of the cargo for carriage to the United Kingdom amount to a bailment upon terms, which include the exceptions and limitations of liability stipulated in the known and contemplated form of bill of lading.’
Judges:
Lord Sumner
Citations:
[1940] 1 KB 658, [1940] 1 All ER 362
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
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Updated: 14 June 2022; Ref: scu.243137