Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 7 November 1997.
1. I have before me an application to further amend the Statement of Claim and the Reply. The Plaintiffs owners of the goods claimed against the Defendants carrier for failure to deliver the goods. What happened is that the Defendants gave the goods to the Venezuelan Customs which released the goods to consignee without the production of the original bills of lading. The Defendants said that they were obliged under Venezuelan law to relinquish the goods to the custody of the Customs and upon suc