New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd v A. M. Satterthwaite & Company Ltd (Eurymedon)

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtPrivy Council
Judgment Date1974
Year1974
Date1974

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115 cases
  • The Mahkutai
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 22 April 1996
    ...again to recognition of their commercial desirability: see New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v A M Satterthwaite & Co Ltd (The Eurymedon)ELR ([1975] AC 154 and Port Jackson Stevedoring Pty Ltd v Salmond and Spraggon (Australia) Pty Ltd (The New York Star)WLR ([1981] 1 WLR 138). In the present cas......
  • Jiang Haiying v Tan Lim Hui
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 19 February 2009
    ...contract can be said to be an exception to the privity rule. The case of New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v A M Satterthwaite & Co Ltd [1975] AC 154 (“The Eurymedon”) is one such 54 In The Eurymedon, the plaintiff held a bill of lading, a clause of which provided wide exemption from liability fo......
  • Ship Mahkutai v Ship Mahkutai
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • Invalid date
  • Southern Water Authority v Carey
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • Invalid date
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Navigating Cargo Claims - Part 2
    • United States
    • Mondaq United States
    • 23 February 2010
    ...Ltd., [1977] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 665 (1977) and The Eurymedon (New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. v. A.M. Satterthwaite & Co. Ltd., [1974] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 534; [1975] A.C. 154 at p. 165 The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in Regal-Beloit v. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, No. 06-56831 (9th ......
52 books & journal articles
  • Security for performance
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...obligation to a third party may constitute good consideration: New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v AM Sattherthwaite & Co Ltd (the “Eurymedon”) [1975] aC 154 at 168 (pC); Hill Equipment & Refrigeration Co Pty Ltd v Nuco Pty Ltd (1992) 10 BCL 375 at 382–383 [Sup Ct NT, Kearney J]; Lam Hong Leong A......
  • Contract formation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...Construction Co Ltd [1979] 1 QB 705 at 712–714, per Mocatta J. 210 New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v AM Satterthwaite & Co Ltd (he Eurymedon) [1975] AC 154 at 168 (PC); Pao On v Lau Yiu Long [1980] AC 614 at 632 (PC). 211 Wigan v Edwards (1973) 1 ALR 497 at 512–513, per Mason J [HCA]. See also ......
  • Third Parties and Bill of Lading Terms
    • United Kingdom
    • Oxford University Press Books and Journals Carriage of Goods by Sea (Third Edition) Part II
    • Invalid date
    ...& Co Ltd v New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd (The Eurymedon) [1972] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 544 (NZ CA). 240 New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v AM Satterthwaite & Co Ltd (The Eurymedon) [1975] AC 154 (PC). See Norman Palmer, ‘The Stevedore’s Dilemma: Exemption Clauses and Third Parties’ [1974] JBL 101; FMB ......
  • Chapter 2. Contract formation
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Construction Law, Volume I. Second Edition
    • Invalid date
    ...Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v Hyundai Construction Co Ltd [1979] 1 QB 705 at 712–714, per Mocatta J. 204 New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v AM Satterthwaite & Co Ltd (The Eurymedon) [1975] AC 154 at 168 (PC); Pao On v Lau Yiu Long [1980] AC 614 at 632 205 Wigan v Edwards (1973) 1 ALR 497 at 512–513, p......
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