Index card FIMbank plc v KCH Shipping Co Ltd

Hearings

England & Wales

28 Sep 2022 [2022] EWHC 2400 (Comm); [2023] 1 All ER (Comm) 736; [2023] 1 Lloyd's Rep 381, KBD (Sir William Blair)

24 May 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 569; [2023] Bus LR 1464; [2024] 1 All ER 502; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 775; [2023] 2 Lloyd's Rep 457, CA (Males, Popplewell, Nugee LJJ)

13 Oct 2023 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given

13 Nov 2024 [2024] UKSC 38; [2024] Bus LR 1845; [2025] 2 All ER 661; [2025] 1 All ER (Comm) 1083; [2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 637; [2024] WLR(D) 494, SC(E) (Lord Hodge DPSC, Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Richards JJSC)

Ships

Giant Ace

Subject Matter

SHIPPING — Cargo — Delivery — Claimant bringing arbitral proceedings for misdelivery of cargo after discharge — Whether time bar applying under Hague-Visby Rules applying — Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971, Sch, art III, r 6

[2022] EWHC 2400 (Comm); [2023] 1 All ER (Comm) 736; [2023] 1 Lloyd's Rep 381, KBD

SHIPPING — Bill of lading — Time bar — Claimant bringing arbitral proceedings for misdelivery of cargo occurring after discharge from vessel — Whether time bar under Hague-Visby Rules applying — Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 (c 19), Sch, art III, r 6 — Congenbill (1994), cl 2(c)

[2023] EWCA Civ 569; [2023] Bus LR 1464; [2024] 1 All ER 502; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 775; [2023] 2 Lloyd's Rep 457, CA

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 — Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 (c 19), Sch, art III, r 6 — Congenbill (1994), cl 2(c)

[2024] UKSC 38; [2024] Bus LR 1845; [2025] 2 All ER 661; [2025] 1 All ER (Comm) 1083; [2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 637; [2024] WLR(D) 494, SC(E)

Appellate History

FIMbank plc v KCH Shipping Co Ltd [2022] EWHC 2400 (Comm); [2023] 1 All ER (Comm) 736; [2023] 1 Lloyd's Rep 381, KBD

Decision of Sir William Blair siting as a judge of the King’s Bench Division affirmed

FIMbank plc v KCH Shipping Co Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 569; [2023] Bus LR 1464; [2024] 1 All ER 502; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 775; [2023] 2 Lloyd's Rep 457, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed on partly different grounds

FIMbank plc v KCH Shipping Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 38; [2024] Bus LR 1845; [2025] 2 All ER 661; [2025] 1 All ER (Comm) 1083; [2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 637; [2024] WLR(D) 494, SC(E)