Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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COMPANIA COLOMBIANA DE SEGUROS v. PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY EMPRESA DE TELEFONOS DE BOGOTA v. SAME

[1963] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 479

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Roskill

Assignment-"Chose" in action-Assignment by assured to insurers of his rights against contract breaker - Whether insurers entitled to sue contract breaker in their own name. Carriage of goods by sea-Limitation of action -Goods delivered damaged - Whether action brought in New York Courts within one year of delivery enabled fresh action to be brought in English Courts more than one year after delivery - Whether action brought by wrong party was "suit brought" within Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1924, Art. III, r. 6.

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