Voyage charterers and owners disputed whether a claim for short delivery was subject to the jurisdiction clause in the charter party or in the bills of lading.
Held: As the charter party authorised the master to sign the bill of lading ‘without prejudice to the charter party’, it operated as a mere receipt for the goods or as a document of title and, whilst forming part of the narrative, had no impact on the charter party.
Citations:
[1970] 1 QB 289
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Distinguished – Parsons Corporation and others v C V Scheepvaartonderneming ‘The Happy Ranger’ CA 17-May-2002
There was a contact for the carriage by sea of three reactors. The contract applied the Hage-Visby rules.
Held: The contract applied the rules as they would apply in the country of shipment if they were applied mandatorily. The contact should . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Jurisdiction, Contract
Updated: 20 April 2022; Ref: scu.179878