METAALHANDEL J.A. MAGNUS B.V. v. ARDFIELDS TRANSPORT LTD. AND EASTFELL LTD. (T/A JONES TRANSPORT)

[1988] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 197

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Gatehouse

Bailment - Quasi-bailment - First defendants agreed to store plaintiffs’ goods - First defendants sub-contracted storage to second defendants - Goods disappeared while in custody of second defendants - Whether first defendants liable for loss - Whether contract between plaintiffs and first defendants subject to first defendants’ standard conditions - Whether judgment should be expressed in Dutch Guilders or sterling.