Read the full judgment text of HCCL 000043/1997 on BabelCite. This HCCL judgment was delivered on 9 November 2001.
1. This is an application by the Defendants to strike out the Plaintiffs' claim for want of prosecution. The Defendants were shippers of two units of ABB distribution transformers from Hamburg to Manila. The cargo duly arrived Manila and was discharged into the custody of the Manila International Container Port on 19 June 1994. It was then delivered by Unitrans to the 2nd Plaintiff on 28 June 1994, whereupon the porcelain insulators of the transformers were found to have been damaged. Under the