Goods in Transit

3. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-414-02840-1
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch, 1020 Seiten

This new 3rd edition draws together in a unique way the many various aspects of shipping, transport, contract, agency, bailment, property and general commercial law, to provide clear, principled and comprehensive guidance through the law of freight forwarding and carriage of goods in the context of international trade.

- Discusses legal principles in depth, so the foundations on which the law is developed are clear
- Shows how the courts have applied the law in practice through detailed analysis of recent case law
- Looks at the international dimension of carriage of goods in a cross border context, encompassing the various International Transport Conventions
- Analyses the various statutory and contractual liability regimes applicable to carriers
- Provides detailed analysis of agency law in relation to carriage of goods and international carriage
- Considers the rights and liabilities of the agent vis-a vis a third party
- Deals in detail with the various causes of action
- Analyses liability issues, remedies and damages in depth
- Assesses the various contexts within which a claimant can recover damages for loss of or damage to goods
- Examines in detail property elements in carriage of goods and international trade law
- Deals with bailment amid the view of its essential place in the understanding of the whole of carriage of goods law
- Discusses the issues raised by outsourcing and heavylift, project forwarding and logistics contracts
- Deals with interest in its various forms, statutory, contractual, ‘judgment made’ and interest under the Late Payment of Debts Act
- Contains a very comprehensive set of appendices
- Presents key source material in appendices, including Standard Carriage Documents, International Carriage Conventions (with status information) and domestic statutes

New to the 3rd edition:

- Improved and simplified structure
- Incorporates much new case law throughout and numerous new topics such as illegality
- Updated analysis on bailment including new case law
- Incorporates tables on limitation of liability and times bars for easy comparison of carriage convention requirements
- Under the title of the ‘Duties and Liabilities of the merchant’ a broad range of topics often considered haphazardly is uniquely captured in one place
- A fresh examination of competing claims and the redirection of goods
- Updated comprehensive appendices to reflect convention and legislative change and the evolution of ideas since the last edition appeared

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bugden, Paul

Lamont-Black, Simone

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Transport- und Verkehrswirtschaft
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Status of Agency
2. Agents and Third Parties
3. Ownership, Possession and Risk
4. Bailors and Bailees
5. Bills Of Lading, Waybills and Consignment Notes
6. Receipt Functions and Bills Of Lading
7. Contract
8. Misrepresentation
9. Bailment
10. Tort
11. Restitution
12. Assignment and Other Transfer of Rights of Suit and Obligations
13. Causation, Remoteness and Mitigation in Damages
14. Assessment of Damages
15. Carriers and Forwarders
16. International Transport Conventions
17. Statutory and Contractual Liability Regimes
18. Deviation, Exemption Clauses and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
19. Charges, Payment, Securities and Interest
20. Limitation of Liability
21. Lien
22. Time Bars
23. Duties and Liabilities of the Merchant
24. Redirection, Delivery and Competing Claims
25. Discharge of Contracts
26. Illegality

Appendices

A. Trade Forms
B. International Carriage Conventions Where Incorporated Into English Law
C. Other Conventions Not Enacted Into English Law
D. Conventions Status Tables
E. Domestic Statute Law