28 Apr 2014
JOYSPEED GLOBAL CARGO (CHINA) LTD v. MULITEX LTD
- Citation
- JOYSPEED GLOBAL CARGO (CHINA) LTD v. MULITEX LTD
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ344/2010
The court found that the defendant's email of 24 August 2009 amounted to an express instruction authorising delivery without production of the original bill of lading, there was no implied term obliging the plaintiff to prepare switching bills, the plaintiff did not breach its duties as bailee, and the exemption clause was not incorporated or applicable; accordingly judgment for the plaintiff for freight and dismissal of the defendant's counterclaim.