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[2024] WLR(D) 494
Supreme Court
FIMbank plc v KCH Shipping Co Ltd
[2024] UKSC 38
2024 July 17, 18; Nov 13
Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Richards JJSC
Shipping— Bill of lading— Time bar— Claimant bringing arbitral proceedings for misdelivery of cargo occurring after discharge from vessel— Whether time bar under Hague Rules and/or Hague Visby Rules applying—
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1924 (14 & 15 Geo 5 c 22), Sch, art III, r 6
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Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 (c 19), Sch, art III, r 6
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Congenbill (1994), cl 2(c)