Glencore claimed against MSC damages for breach of contract, bailment and conversion in relation to a cargo of three containers of cobalt briquettes. The cargo had been been shipped from Fremantle to Antwerp on the ‘MSC Eugenia’ under a bill of lading (the ‘B/L’) issued by MSC. Glencore complained that only one of the containers was delivered and the other two were misappropriated. The evidence does not show quite what happened to the missing containers, but it is common ground (and recorded as such in the list of issues) that they were ‘delivered to unauthorised persons’.
Judges:
Andrew Smith J
Citations:
[2015] EWHC 1989 (Comm), [2015] CN 1274
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Transport, Contract
Updated: 15 October 2022; Ref: scu.550071