Skips A/S Nordhein v. Syrian Petroleum Co. (The Varenna) - Q.B.D. (Com. Ct.) (Hobhouse J.) - 26 November 1982

Charterparty arbitration clause not incorporated in bill of lading

Mr. Justice Hobhouse has declined to follow Staughton J.’s decision in the Emmanuel Coloctronis ( LMLN 52 - 29 October 1981) to the effect that the phrase “. . . all other conditions . . . as per . . . charterparty” in a bill of lading was sufficient to incorporate the charterparty arbitration clause into the bill of lading, provided that the charterparty itself stated that bills of lading should contain an arbitration clause.