Read the full judgment text of HCCL 000215/1997 on BabelCite. This HCCL judgment was delivered on 18 July 2000.
1. This is a case which throws into focus a commercial document known as a Forwarder's Cargo Receipt. It arises in the context of a claim made by the plaintiffs, two affiliated Sri Lankan garment manufacturers, and the defendant ("OCS"), a Hong Kong freight consolidator, which operated in Colombo via its appointed agent, Maritime Agencies Limited ("MAL"). No issue arises as to such agency, and it is the interaction of MAL with the plaintiffs in terms of the export to America of ten shipments of