Edition 4707: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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Today's Highlighted Video Story: On appeal from: [2023] EWCA Civ 569
The appellant (FIMBank plc) was the holder of 13 bills of lading dated either 4th or 14th March 2018 covering a cargo of approximately 85,510 metric tons of steam coal which was shipped in bulk on board the vessel "GIANT ACE" in Indonesia and discharged in India between 1st and 18th April 2018. The respondent (KCH Shipping Co Ltd) was the demise charterer of the vessel and the contractual carrier under the bills of lading. The bills of lading incorporated the terms of a charterparty which stated that the Hague-Visby Rules shall apply to any bill of lading issued under the charterparty.
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