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The Eurymedon (New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v AM Satterthwaite & Co Ltd)
[1975] AC 154
Key Principle
The Privy Council held that a stevedore can claim the benefit of a limitation clause in a bill of lading through a Himalaya clause, construing the arrangements as a unilateral contract: the bill of lading holder makes an offer through the carrier as agent, accepted by the stevedore through performance.
Area of Law
shipping
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