BHATIA SHIPPING AND AGENCIES PVT LTD v ALCOBEX METALS LTD

[2005] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 336

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Julian Flaux QC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court

Carriage of goods - Multimodal transport - Goods carried from Mumbai to England to be delivered in exchange for original multimodal transport documents - Goods released without production of original documents - Multimodal operator claiming declaration against shipper that any claim by shipper under multimodal transport documents was now time-barred - Whether court had jurisdiction - Whether court ought to make negative declaration sought.