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The Eurymedon (New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v AM Satterthwaite & Co Ltd)

[1975] AC 154
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year1975
Statusunclear

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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