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Closing The Books And Clearing The Decks - The Taikoo Brilliance [2026] EWCA - Chris Smith KC & Maya Chilaeva
The Court of Appeal has resolved two previously undetermined questions under the Hague/Hague-Visby Rules: whether proceedings brought solely to obtain security constitute a "suit" for time bar purposes, and what must be stated on a bill of lading for cargo to qualify as "deck cargo" excluded from the Rules' application. These issues arose in a dispute over alleged misdelivery of timber cargo aboard the TAIKOO BRILLIANCE.
Quadrant Chambers