Read the full judgment text of HCCL 000001/2002 on BabelCite. This HCCL judgment was delivered on 31 March 2004.
1. This is an application by the Plaintiff for summary judgment against the Defendants. The Plaintiff was the carrier in respect of six containers of mixed metal scrap for carriage from Rotterdam, Holland to Huangpu, People's Republic of China. The 1st Defendant was named as the consignee in the original set of Bills of Lading. However, there was dispute between the 1st Defendant and the shipper of the goods and the Bills of Lading were not passed to the 1st Defendant. Before the goods arrived,