ROLLS ROYCE PLC AND ANOTHER v. HEAVYLIFT-VOLGA DNEPR LTD. AND ANOTHER

[2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 653

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Morison

Carriage by air - Limitation of liability - Warsaw Convention - Aircraft chartered to carry engines - Engine damaged while being unloaded from plaintiff’s lorry using a ten-ton fork-lift truck - Whether engine in the charge of carriers - Whether accident occurred in aerodrome - Whether there was wilful misconduct or recklessness with knowledge that damage would probably result - Whether defendants could rely on Warsaw Convention to limit liability.