BATAVIA EXIMP & CONTRACTING (S) PTE LTD V PEDREGAL MARITIME SA "THE TAIKOO BRILLIANCE"

[2025] EWHC 1878 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court, The Honourable Mr Justice Robin Knowles CBE, 22 July 2025

Carriage (bills of lading) – Discharge against letters of indemnity – Deck carriage – Meaning of "suit" – Hague-Visby Rules, articles I(c), III rule 6

The claimants were the owners of the vessel Taikoo Brilliance and the defendants were the holders of four bills of lading in respect of the cargo of timber on board, discharged against letters of indemnity in September 2019.