在最新的FIMBank p.l.c. v KCH Shipping Co. Ltd (The Giant Ace) [2023] EWCA Civ 569一案中，提单持有人FIMBank p.l.c.（“FIMBank”）向上诉法院就合同承运人KCH Shipping Co., Ltd（“KCH”）错误交付货物提出索赔。该案涉及《海牙-维斯比规则》第三条第6款下的诉讼时效是否适用错误交付货物造成的索赔。FIMBank在仲裁以及高等法院都已败诉的情况下，还是选择向上诉法院进行上诉，但结果是又一次遭受败诉，最后被拒绝就该案进一步上诉。
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MISDELIEVERY OF CARGO AND TIME BAR
In a new case, FIMBank p.l.c. v KCH Shipping Co. Ltd (The Giant Ace) [2023] EWCA Civ 569, the appeal in the Court of Appeal related to a claim brought by FIMBank p.l.c. (“FIMBank”), as the holder of bills of lading, for the alleged misdelivery of cargo by the contractual carrier, KCH Shipping Co., Ltd (“KCH”). The case involved the issue of time for misdelivery of cargo pursuant to Hague Visby Article III r 6. Banks had lost the case at arbitration and even at High Court but they chose to appeal the case to Court of Appeal. They were refused further permission to appeal the case after they lost the case again in Court of Appeal.
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