Great China Metal Industries Co Ltd v Malaysian International Shipping Corporation Berhad

[1998] HCA 65
Judgment date
Case number
S44/1997
Before
Gaudron , McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Shipping – Sea carriage of goods – Bill of lading – Hague Rules – Damage to cargo – Cargo properly stowed – Vessel seaworthy and fit in all respects for voyage – Bad weather conditions foreseeable – Perils of the sea – MV Bunga Seroja.

Words and phrases – "perils of the sea".

Sea-Carriage of Goods Act 1924 (Cth), Sch, Art III rr 1 and 2, Art IV rr 1 and 2(a), (c).