https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199845 Article III paragraph 6 of the Hague Rules was construed to use "loss" broadly, so it covers non-delivery of part or all of the cargo as well as physical loss. The clause discharging "the carrier and the ship ... from all liability" was read as extinguishing the liability and corresponding right, not merely barring the remedy. For the one-year period, goods were treated as "should have been delivered" by the time the vessel left the port of discharge. A bill of lading term requiring notice of claim within one month of arrival was held to lessen carrier liability and was therefore void under paragraph 8. en-us Tue, 03 May 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 11:16:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199845 Article III paragraph 6 of the Hague Rules was construed to use "loss" broadly, so it covers non-delivery of part or all of the cargo as well as physical loss. The clause discharging "the carrier and the ship ... from all liability" was read as extinguishing the liability and corresponding right, not merely barring the remedy. For the one-year period, goods were treated as "should have been delivered" by the time the vessel left the port of discharge. A bill of lading term requiring notice of claim within one month of arrival was held to lessen carrier liability and was therefore void under paragraph 8. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 03 May 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199845