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Scrutton on Charterparties and Bills of Lading, 22nd Edition

Edited by Sir Bernard Eder · David Foxton, QC · Steven Berry, QC · Christopher Smith, QC · Professor Howard Bennett
Sweet & Maxwell U.K. September 2011

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780414045903
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
Publication
September 2011
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • Provides and overview of the legal principles of Charterparties and Bills of Lading based on Scrutton’s original commentary and the accrued experience of previous authors
  • Covers the different types of charterparties: time charters, voyage charters, and demise charters, and lays out the nature, validity, and construction of each
  • Provides a first port of call for research when both drafting and disputing contracts
  • Helps clarify uncertainties in points of principle, illustrating them through a wide variety of case material
  • Deals with the contractual and technical challenges involved in the legal administration of leasing a commercial ship
  • Covers the 100 new related cases since the last edition
  • Defines bills of lading as contracts, and examines the liability of the shipowner for loss of or damage to goods
  • Examines the issue of damages for failure to load or carry cargo properly or in reasonable time
  • Looks at the consequences of not signing or presenting bills of lading
  • Discusses limitation of liability
  • Special features for the 125th Anniversary Edition include a biography of Scrutton written by the authors, articles and obituaries on Scrutton, plus a re-examination of key historic cases 

Table of Contents

  • Nature, validity and construction of the contract
  • Parties to the contract
  • Agency
  • Charterparties
  • The Bill of Lading as a contract
  • Bills of Lading for goods on a chartered ship
  • Terms of the Contract
  • Representations
  • Performance of contract: Loading
  • The Bill of Lading as a document of title
  • Liability of shipowner for loss of, or damage to, goods carried
  • Performance of the contract – the voyage
  • Performance of the contract – unloading
  • Demurrage
  • Freight
  • Time charters
  • Through Bills of Lading, combined transportation, containers
  • Lien
  • Damages
  • The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971
  • Jurisdiction and limitation of actions
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