就海上、航空或陸路貨物運輸而言，普通法中有一項重要原則：貨物索償不得透過扣減運費的方式提出。香港高等法院於1998年12月16日在 RAF Forwarding 與 JMT Company 一案（1998年第2446及5533號訴訟）中確認此原則。

中華人民共和國新《海商法》已於2026年5月1日生效，取代舊《海商法》（自1993年7月1日起實施）。本期我們將從無船承運人（NVOC）責任的角度，探討海上貨物運輸方面的主要變更：

在上海海事法院於 2005 年 8 月 25 日作出的判決中，法院闡述了《中華人民共和國海商法》如何處理承運人就倉庫火災導致貨物滅失和損壞的責任問題。【（2005）滬海法商初字第 249 號】

According to the Hague-Visby Rules, the carrier shall be discharged of all liability in respect of the cargoes unless suit is brought within one year of their delivery or the date when they should have been delivered. The English High Court issued a Judgment on 22nd July 2025 explaining the meaning of “suit”. [2025 EWHC 1878 (Comm)]

The Hong Kong High Court issued a Decision As To Costs on 5 December 2024 ordering a shipowner (which lost in an anti-suit injunction court case) to pay the winning party’s (a cargo owner) costs on an indemnity basis. HCCT 66/2024 [2024 HKCFI 3511]

What is the difference between a straight bill of lading and an order bill of lading? This can be illustrated in the Wuhan Maritime Court’s Judgment dated 17 September 2019 concerning a cargo misdelivery claim of US$89,838.

The Montreal Convention is an international treaty agreed by 140 states in respect of governing carriers’ liability for injury or death of passengers, damage to or loss of baggage and cargo and losses caused by delays. Hong Kong has adopted it through the Carriage by Air Ordinance (Cap 500).

The Hong Kong High Court issued a Decision on 2 October 2024 dismissing a shipping company’s application to strike out a forwarder’s third party indemnity claim in a cargo (frozen beef) damage case. [HCAJ 9/2023, HCAJ 22/2023, 2024 HKCFI 2708]