Matsuura Machiner Corporation et.al. v. Melburn Truck Lines Ltd, 1997 CanLII 4905

In Admiralty Jurisdiction on (Updated )

These three appeals concerned the jurisdiction of the Court over a road carrier in a through transit situation. Specifically, the Court considered whether s. 22(2)f (which grants the Court jurisdiction over claims "arising out of an agreement relating to the carriage of goods on a ship under a through bill of lading") supported jurisdiction against the road carrier. The Court …

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