The Mahkutai

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLord Goff of Chieveley,Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle,Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead,Lord Hoffmann,Sir Michael Hardie Boys
Judgment Date22 April 1996
CourtPrivy Council
Date22 April 1996
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30 cases
  • Homburg Houtimport BV v Agrosin Private Ltd (Starsin)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Marzo 2003
    ...historical background to Himalaya clauses provided by Lord Goff of Chieveley, giving the judgment of the Privy Council, in The Mahkutai [1996] AC 650 at pp 658-665. 26 Part (3) again has two purposes. The first is to underline that such servants, agents and independent contractors are to b......
  • Ship Starsin, Re, (2003) 307 N.R. 100 (HL)
    • Canada
    • 13 Marzo 2003
    ...v. Scruttons Ltd., [1962] A.C. 446 (H.L.), refd to. [paras. 25, 100, 135]. Ship Mahkutai (Ship Owners) v. Ship Mahkutai (Cargo Owners), [1996] A.C. 650; 197 N.R. 214 (P.C.), refd to. [paras. 25, 56, 101, 151, Ship K.H. Enterprise (Cargo Owners) v. Ship Pioneer Container, [1994] 2 A.C. 324; ......
  • The 'Starsin'
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 Enero 2001
    ...1 Ll Rep 443. Leigh and Sillavan Ltd v Aliakmon Shipping Co Ltd (“The Aliakmon”)ELR [1986] 1 AC 708. Mahkutai, The [1993] 2 HKC 71; [1996] CLC 799; [1996] AC 650 (PC). Margarine Union GmbH v Cambay Prince Steamship Co Ltd (“The Wear Breeze”)ELR [1969] 1 QB 219. MB Pyramid Sound MV v Briese ......
  • Nisshin Shipping Company Ltd v Cleaves & Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 7 Noviembre 2003
    ...by virtue of section 1 has been transferred to the third party. 49 Secondly, I am not persuaded that the reasoning of the Privy Council in The Makhutai [1996] AC 650 expressed by Lord Goff at page 666 assists in any way in the construction of section 8. That which makes the benefit of a Him......
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7 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Dissenting Judgments in the Law Preliminary Sections
    • 29 Agosto 2018
    ...299, Canadian Sup Ct 92, 102 López Ostra v Spain (Application no 16798/90) (1994) 20 EHRR 277, ECHR 16 Table of Cases xxix Mahkutai, The [1996] AC 650, [1996] 3 WLR 1, [1996] 3 All ER 502, PC 94 Malayan Credit Ltd v Jack Chia-MPH Ltd [1986] AC 549, [1986] 2 WLR 590, [1986] 1 All ER 711, PC ......
  • Upholding Contractual Intentions Lord Denning's Dissent in Scruttons Ltd v Midland Silicones Ltd [1962] AC 446
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Dissenting Judgments in the Law Part II - Company and Commercial Law
    • 29 Agosto 2018
    ...of Himalaya clauses which began to occur at the end of the 20th century would have occurred. For these limitations, see The Mahkutai [1996] AC 650 and Homburg Houtinport BV v Agrosin Private Ltd (The Starsin) [2003] UKHL 12, [2004] 1 AC 715. Midland Silicones is a pivotal case because of th......
  • Third party rights under shipping contracts in English and South African law
    • South Africa
    • South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 Mayo 2019
    ...Beswick [1968] AC 58 (HL) at 72B—D (per Lord Reid); The Pioneer Container [1994] 2 AC 324 (PC) at 335D (per Lord Goff); and The Mahkutai [1996] 3 WLR 1 (PC) at 12F (also per Lord Goff). 24 Supra note 17. For criticism of the Consultation Paper, see S Degeling 'A Consideration of the UK [sic......
  • SINGAPORE ACADEMY OF LAW ANNUAL LECTURE 2007: “AUSTRALIA’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMON LAW”
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 Diciembre 2008
    ...165 CLR 107. 47 Beswick v Beswick [1968] AC 58. 48 London Drugs Ltd v Kuehne & Nagel International Ltd [1992] 3 SCR 299. 49 The Mahkutai [1996] AC 650. 50 [1996] AC 650 at 665. 51 [1932] AC 562. 52 See [1932] AC 562 at 577—8; cfD & F Estates Ltd v Church Commissioners for England[1989] AC 1......
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