POCLAIN S.A. AND ANOTHER v. S.C.A.C. S.A. AND OTHERS

[1986] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 404

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Sir John Donaldson, M.R., Lord Justice Stephen Brown and Lord Justice Woolf

Carriage by road - C.M.R. - Limitation of time - Excavator being transported from France to England - Excavator damaged - Carriers' insurers informed of accident - Whether insurers authorized to receive written claim on behalf of carriers - Whether period of limitation suspended - C.M.R. art. 32 (2).