Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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COMPANIA PORTORAFTI COMMERCIALE S.A. v. ULTRAMAR PANAMA INC. AND OTHERS (THE “CAPTAIN GREGOS”) (NO. 2)

[1990] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 395

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Lord Justice Slade, Lord Justice Stocker and Lord Justice Bingham

Bill of lading - Short delivery - Cargo-owners claimed against shipowners - Whether principals to contract of carriage were shipowners and cargo-owners acting through agency of first defendants - Whether contract could be implied between cargo-owners and shipowners - Whether cargo-owners bound by terms of bill of lading by reliance on doctrine of bailment.

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