THE “ROSA S”

[1988] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 574

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Hobhouse

Bill of lading - Limitation of liability - Gold value clause - Damage to cargo - Under Hague Rules liability limited to $100 per package or unit and monetary unit to be gold value - Whether $100 meant $100 sterling gold value - Whether plaintiffs entitled to damages equivalent to gold value expressed in sterling and converted to Kenyan pounds - Hague Rules, art. IV, r. 5, art. IX