Scancarriers A/S v. Aotearoa International Ltd. - Privy Council (Lord Keith, Lord Roskill, Lord Brightman, Sir John Megaw and Sir Owen Woodhouse) - 18 July 1985

Offer and acceptance - Whether further terms should be implied

In January 1982 the parties were discussing terms for the carriage of waste paper on the appellants’ vessels, which had surplus capacity. Two meetings were followed by a telex from the appellants to the respondents which read: