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Contractual Construction Of Jurisdiction Agreements: Exclusive Or Non-Exclusive -Hin-Pro International Logistics Limited V Compania Sud Americana De Vapores S.A. [2015] Ewca Civ 401, Man Yip

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The English Court of Appeal’s decision in Hin-Pro International Logistics Limited v Compania Sud Americana De Vapores S.A. [2015] EWCA Civ 401 is a case of note to Singapore as it took on the complex task of construing the effect of a jurisdiction agreement contained in a standard form bill of lading.The detailed contractual analysi has many points of reflection for Singapore law, given that the Singapore Court of Appeal has recently considered a contractualconstruction approach to jurisdiction agreements.