The ALION – Commercial Court emphasises the paramountcy of the Hague Rules in relation to time bar provisions

Skuld

In the recent case of The Alion (Tanga Pharmaceuticals Plastics Limited and others v Emirates Shipping Line FZE [2025] EWHC 368 (Comm)), the Commercial Court ruled against the carrier who sought to escape liability based on a contractual time bar provision which they claimed…