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Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly

PRIVITY AND THE THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY: THE “MONSTROUS PROPOSITION”

London Drugs v. Kuehne & Nagel
“It would be a monstrous proposition to say that a person was a party to [a contract] for the purpose of suing upon it for his own advantage, and not a party to it for the purpose of being sued. “ 1
If A and B contract to store A’s goods on terms that exempt B from any liability, should this exemption extend to B’s servants who must necessarily perform the con

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