02/02/2001

CIVIL COURT, FIRST HALL

SCICLUNA DAVID

SULLIVAN BERNARD E ET NOE vs GRECH EMANUEL ET NOE

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NOT AVAILABLE

SULLIVAN BERNARD E ET NOE vs GRECH EMANUEL ET NOE - 677/1986/1 - CIVIL COURT, FIRST HALL, MALTA

CLEARING AGENT, RESPONSABILITA` TA` - CMR CONVENTION - SERQ - TRASPORTATUR, RESPONSABILITA` TA`

Ir-responsabilta' personali tal-"Clearing Agent" hija, occorrendo, kwistjoni interna bejnu u t-trasportatur izda, fil-konfront tal-attur, it-trasportatur ma jkunx onora l-kuntratt u, kwindi, hu responsabbli. Hu risaput li t-tort tat-terz li jkun imqabbad mid-debitur tal-obbligazzjoni huwa tort tal-istess debitur, ghax it-terz jezonera lid-debitur meta jkun indipendenti mill-obbligazzjoni u mhux mqabbad minn jew agent tad-debitur.

Lanqas ma jista' jinghad li serq minn terza persuna hija haga mhux fil-kontroll tad-debitur. Il-kuntratt in kwistjoni kien regolat mis-CMR Convention u, skondl-Artikolu 17.2 ta' din il-Konvenzjoni, t-trasportatur ma jkunx responsabbli ghan-nuqqas jekk dan jigri "through circumstances which the carrier could not avoid and the consequences of which he was unable to prevent." Sabiex dan l-Artikolu jsib applikazzjoni t-trasportatur irid jipprova li kienu jezistu cirkostanzi, indipendenti mill-volonta' tieghu, li jaghmlu l-obbligazzjoni "impossible of performance".