The Merak

Subject Matter

ARBITRATION — Stay of judicial proceedings — Bill of lading — Subject to Hague Rules — General arbitration clause incorporated — Damage to cargo — Issue of writ against carrier — Time for arbitration expired — Whether carrier entitled to stay

[1965] P 223; [1965] 2 WLR 250; [1964] 3 All ER 638; [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 283, PDA

[1965] P 223; [1965] 2 WLR 250; [1965] 1 All ER 230; [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 527, CA

CONTRACT — Construction — Incorporation — Whether arbitration clause in charterparty incorporated in bill of lading — Principles applicable

[1965] P 223; [1965] 2 WLR 250; [1964] 3 All ER 638; [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 283, PDA

[1965] P 223; [1965] 2 WLR 250; [1965] 1 All ER 230; [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 527, CA

CONTRACT — Construction — Repugnancy — Falsa demonstratio non nocet cum de corpore constat — Absence of corpus evident — Whether maxim applicable — “Clause 30” referred to in document in error for “clause 32”

[1965] P 223; [1965] 2 WLR 250; [1964] 3 All ER 638; [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 283, PDA

[1965] P 223; [1965] 2 WLR 250; [1965] 1 All ER 230; [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 527, CA

SHIPPING — Bill of lading — Incorporation clause — Mistake — Clause incorporating all terms and conditions of charterparty “(including clause 30)” — Clause 30 irrelevant to bill of lading — Inserted in mistake for arbitration clause 32 — Arbitration clause expressly applicable to disputes arising out of bills of lading — Whether effectively incorporated — Doctrine of falsa demonstratio — Whether applicable

[1965] P 223; [1965] 2 WLR 250; [1964] 3 All ER 638; [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 283, PDA

[1965] P 223; [1965] 2 WLR 250; [1965] 1 All ER 230; [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 527, CA

SHIPPING — Bill of lading — Time bar — Hague Rules — To be interpreted widely — “Suit” — Meaning of — Whether including arbitration — Hague Rules (as applied by Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1924), Sch, art III, r 6

[1965] P 223; [1965] 2 WLR 250; [1964] 3 All ER 638; [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 283, PDA

[1965] P 223; [1965] 2 WLR 250; [1965] 1 All ER 230; [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 527, CA

STATUTE — Construction — International convention — Statute based on Hague Rules — Meaning of word — Whether “suit” includes arbitration

[1965] P 223; [1965] 2 WLR 250; [1964] 3 All ER 638; [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 283, PDA

[1965] P 223; [1965] 2 WLR 250; [1965] 1 All ER 230; [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 527, CA

Appellate History