United Kingdom

The New York Star (Port Jackson Stevedoring Pty Ltd v Salmond & Spraggon (Australia) Pty Ltd)

[1981] 1 WLR 138

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtPrivy Council (on appeal from the High Court of Australia)

Year1981

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A stevedore can rely on an exclusion clause in a bill of lading through the Himalaya clause if the four conditions in The Eurymedon are satisfied: agency, authority, consideration, and offer and acceptance.

Area of Law

shipping

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