BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO SWITZERLAND SA AND OTHERS v EXEL EUROPE LTD AND OTHERS

[2012] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 1

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION COMMERCIAL COURT

Before Mr Justice Cooke

Carriage of goods by road — CMR — Jurisdiction — Goods lost in transit on continent — Goods owners bringing proceedings in England against successive carriers — Successive carriers not parties to primary contract of carriage and not having any business connection with England — Whether court had jurisdiction — CMR article 31 — Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, article 6.1.