United Kingdom

Caresse Navigation Ltd v Office National de l'Electricite (The Channel Ranger)

[2014] EWCA Civ 1366

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtEngland and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Year2014

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The Court of Appeal held that the Hague-Visby Rules apply mandatorily to contracts of carriage covered by a bill of lading; the parties cannot contract out of the Rules.

Area of Law

shipping

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