Maritime Risk International
Beware the fraudulent bill
Carriers’ liabilities where goods are delivered against presentation of forged bills of lading
Corinna Cresswell, partner with international law firm Clyde & Co and based in its Hong Kong office, considers a recent case in relation to misdelivery
In December 1999 the English Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in
Motis Exports Ltd v Dampskibsselskabet AF 12.
It made gloomy reading for carriers.