21 Nov 1990
FREIGHT SYSTEMS LTD v. KOREA SHIPPING CORPORATION "KOREA WONIS-SUN"
- Citation
- FREIGHT SYSTEMS LTD v. KOREA SHIPPING CORPORATION "KOREA WONIS-SUN"
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCL174/1988
The court found on the clear face of the defendants' Bills of Lading that Freight Systems Ltd. acted "on behalf of" Marianne and, absent reliable contemporaneous evidence of a contrary agreement (the alleged time‑volume contract was not produced), could not be treated as principal and therefore had no title to sue; alternatively, on the facts the court was not satisfied on the balance of probabilities that damage occurred during the defendant's voyage, so the claim failed.