In a judgment likely to be of interest to all parties to a bill of lading, the Court of Appeal has held that (1) when a bill is no longer held by a charterer it ceases to be a ‘mere receipt’, but becomes a contractual document, but (2) that in a claim for misdelivery, a claimant will need to show that the decision on the part of an owner to release cargo without presentation of a bill caused the loss claimed. CJC Associate, Keeley Edmondson, explains.

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Keeley Edmonson                                           
Associate                                 
Keeley@cjclaw.com