Hobhouse J affirmed an owner’s right to recover damages (in full) in respect of loss or damage to goods, subject to the one qualification that ‘his claim may be defeated if his right is a bare proprietary one and did not include any right to possession of the goods’
Judges:
Hobhouse J
Citations:
[1987] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 465
Cited by:
Cited – P and O Nedlloyd B v Dampskibsselskabet Af, 1912, Aktieselskab, Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg v Utaniko Limited, East West Corporation CA 12-Feb-2003
The claimants shipped goods to Chile through the defendant shipping line. The goods were lost. The shippers rights of suit under the contract of carriage had been transferred to a third party.
Held: The shippers as the bank’s principals . .
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Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.442085