FERRYWAYS NV v ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS
[2008] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 33
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)
Before Mr Justice Teare
Agency – Undisclosed principal – Employment contract – Crew
management company entering into contract of employment “as Employer” with crew
member – Whether crew management company acting as agent for ship operator –
Crew member killed by tugmaster vehicle at cargo
terminal while supervising cargo operations – P&I
Club paying death benefit and repatriation expenses pursuant to employment
contract – Ship operator suing terminal operator for breach of stevedoring
contract – Whether terminal operator entitled to rely on exclusion and limitation
clauses in stevedoring contract – Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.