SONICARE INTERNATIONAL LTD. v. EAST ANGLIA FREIGHT TERMINAL LTD. AND OTHERS AND NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD. (THIRD PARTY)

[1997] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 48

CENTRAL LONDON COUNTY COURT(BUSINESS LIST)

Before His Honour Judge Hallgarten, Q.C.

Carriage by sea - Bill of lading - Title to sue - Bailment - Limitation of liability - Plaintiffs’ goods shipped on third party’s vessel - Goods disappeared from first defendants’ warehouse - Whether plaintiffs had title to sue - Whether first defendants liable in bailment and owed duty of care to plaintiffs - Whether National Association of Warehouse Keepers’ conditions unreasonable within meaning of Unfair Contract Terms Act, 1977 - Whether first defendants entitled to limit liability - Whether first defendants entitled to be indemnified by third party.