Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
INCORPORATING THE CHARTERPARTY’S APPLICABLE LAW CLAUSE INTO BILLS OF LADING
Liang Zhao* and Felix W H Chan**
The Dolphina
The terms and conditions of a charterparty may be incorporated into bills of lading issued under the charterparty. While general words of incorporation are not effective to incorporate an arbitration or jurisdiction clause at common law,1 it is not entirely clear whether an applicable law clause can be incorporated by general words of incorporation.
* Lecturer in Law, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
** Associate Dean, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong.
1. The Varenna
[1983] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 592; Siboti K/S v BP France SA [2003] EWHC 1278 (Comm); [2003] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 364.
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