JARL TRÄ AB AND OTHERS v. CONVOYS LTD. [2003] EWHC 1488 (Comm)

[2003] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 459

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Moore-Bick

Carriage by sea - Lien - Delivery up of goods - Claimants shipped parcels of timber on vessels operated by liner service - Defendant stevedores and wharfingers employed by liner service to handle cargo - Liner service in administration - Defendants exercised lien on goods in respect of moneys owing to them - Whether defendants entitled to exercise lien - Whether claimants entitled to delivery up of goods.