Independent Arbitrator and Mediator Peter McQueen writes:
“Question: does the time bar in Article III Rule 6 of the Hague Rules/Hague-Visby Rules apply to claims in relation to the mis-delivery of cargo AFTER discharge from a vessel?
“The recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in the “GIANT ACE” (FIMBank Plc v KCH Shipping Co.Ltd [2024] UKSC 38) settles this question in the affirmative, having not been previously decided by English courts…. This is an important decision of significant commercial significance, given that the applicability or otherwise of a contractual time bar is a crucial issue”.
