Supreme Court clarifies burden of proof in cargo damage case

摘要

Alengthy and extremely complex legal case involving moisture damage to coffee shipped in containers, and the application of English law to determine who was at fault for that damage, reached a conclusion early in December 2018, when the Supreme Court- the final court of appeal in the UK for civil cases - issued a ruling in favour of an appeal by owner of the coffee, which was shipped from Colombia to Germany.