JB Cocoa Sdn Bhd and Others v Maersk Line AS - [2023] EWHC 2203 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court (His Honour Judge Keyser KC, sitting as a Judge of the High Court) - 5 September 2023

Carriage of goods by sea - Damage to cargo - Cause of damage - Date when damage occurred - Title to sue - Hague Rules - Carriage by Sea Act 1992

On 23 June 2017 JB Foods agreed to sell to JB Cocoa 300 mt of Nigeria cocoa beans. The purchase order provided for shipment in June to July 2017, cif Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia. Payment was to be cash against documents. The original sellers of the cargo were WACOT Ltd, who had sold to DIT and there had been a further sale to JB Foods.