DATEC ELECTRONIC HOLDINGS LTD AND ANOTHER v UNITED PARCELS SERVICE LTD

[2006] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 279

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Lord Justice Brooke, Lord Justice Sedley and Lord Justice Richards

Carriage of goods by road - Consignment of goods to be carried from England to The Netherlands - Goods failing to arrive - Claim against carriers - Amount of liability - Whether US$50,000 restriction on damages incorporated into contract - Whether loss caused by wilful misconduct of carriers’ employee - Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), articles 17 and 23.