MULLER BATAVIER LTD. v. LAURENT TRANSPORT CO. LTD. AND ALLARD S.A.R.L. (THIRD PARTY)

[1977] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 411

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

Before Mr. Justice May

Carriage by road - "C.M.R." conditions - Limitation of action - Defendants sub-contracted part of carriage to plaintiffs - Plaintiffs claimed payment under sub-contract - Whether plaintiffs' claim barred by art. 32(1)(c) of Convention - Whether plaintiffs and defendants successive carriers - Carriage of Goods by Road Act, 1965, Schedule - C.M.R. Convention, arts. 32 (1), 39 (4).