“…sh authority to which he referred was the decision of the Court of Appeal in Parsons Corporation v. C V Scheepvaartonderneming Happy Ranger(“The Happy Ranger”) [2002] EWCA Civ 694; [2002] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 357 (in fact a decision on the Hague-Visby Rules) rejecting the argument (which had found favour with the judge at first instance) that u…”
“…Rafaela S proceed on the basis that the principle enunciated by Devlin J is equally applicable to Article I(b) of the Hague-Visby Rules. Thus, The Happy Ranger [2002] EWCA Civ 694; [2002] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 357 concerned a contract for the carriage by sea of three reactors from Italy to Saudi Arabia, one of which was damaged during loading. T…”