United Carriers Ltd v Heritage Food Group (U.K.) Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date10 February 1995
Date10 February 1995
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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3 cases
  • Globalink Transportation and Logistics Worldwide LLP v DHL Project & Chartering Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 19 February 2019
    ...to international carriage by road: RH&D International Ltd v IAS Animal Air Services Ltd [1984] 1 WLR 573 (Neill J). In United Carriers v Heritage Food Group (UK) Ltd [1996] 1 WLR 371 May J unenthusiastically decided that it extended also to carriage of goods by road domestically. Most rec......
  • Schenker Ltd v Negocios Europa Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 6 October 2017
    ...as any common law rule can be." 10 It is clear, therefore, that the rule applied to international road haulage and in United Carriers Ltd v Heritage Food Group [1996] 1 WLR 371, May J had to consider whether to extend it to the domestic carriage of goods. In his judgment May J referred to ......
  • Gefco (UK) Ltd v Mason
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 9 July 1998
    ...the construction of the Convention and the contract. He drew useful guidance from the cases to which he referred, namely, United Carriers Ltd v Heritage Food Group Ltd [1995] 2 Ll.L.R.269, Lacy's Footwear (Wholesale) Ltd v Bowler International Freight Ltd [1997] 2 Ll.L.R. 369 and Ulster-Swi......

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