Yemgas Fzco and Others v Superior Pescadores Sa: CA 24 Feb 2016

The court considered the limitation on a shipowner’s liability, and how this had been implemented by Belgium.
Held: Given the absence of any evidence as to how Belgium had implemented the Hague Visby Rules, the court went on the basis that it was similar to the way it had been implemented in the UK. The English rules provided that the Rules had the force of statute. The matter was therefore subject to those rules, nd liability limited accordingly.

Longmore, Tomlinson, McCombe LJJ
[2016] EWCA Civ 101, [2016] WLR(D) 97
Bailii, WLRD
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971
England and Wales

Transport, International, Damages

Updated: 02 November 2021; Ref: scu.560238