The WLR Daily case summaries
[2025] WLR(D) 380
King’s Bench Division
Wealmoor Ltd v K.L.M CIA Real Holandesa De Aviaction and another
[2025] EWHC 1706 (Comm)
2025 Jan 21, 22, 23; July 11
David Elvin KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge
Aircraft— Carriage by air— Carrier’s liability for damage— Air waybill providing for perishable cargo to be delivered within certain temperature range— Claimant consignee contending cargo not transported within specified temperature during certain periods— Claimant bringing claim against defendant airlines for damage caused to cargo under convention due to “an event causing damage”— Meaning of “an event causing damage”— Whether damage to cargo caused by an “event” within meaning of convention—
Montreal Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage By Air 1999, art 18(1)