DATEC ELECTRONIC HOLDINGS LIMITED AND ANOTHER v. UNITED PARCELS SERVICE LIMITED AND ANOTHER

[2005] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 470

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Andrew Smith

Carriage of goods by road - Consignment of goods to be carried from England to The Netherlands - Goods failing to arrive - Claim against carriers - Amount of liability - Whether U.S.$50,000 restriction on damages incorporated into contract - Whether loss caused by wilful misconduct of carriers’ employee - Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), arts. 17 and 23.