YEMGAS FZCO AND OTHERS v SUPERIOR PESCADORES SA PANAMA (THE "SUPERIOR PESCADORES")

[2014] Lloyd's Rep Plus 40

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Males

Carriage of goods by sea - Limitation of liability - Package limitation - Damage to cargo - Clause paramount referring to "Hague Rules ... 1924 as enacted in the country of shipment" - Hague-Visby Rules compulsorily applicable - Whether Hague or Hague-Visby Rules package limitation applied - Date of conversion of gold value into national currency - Hague-Visby Rules, article IV, rule 5(g).