* Goods in Transit 6th ed

NOT YET PUBLISHED

The subject matter of Goods in Transit is of increasing relevance as international trade and globalisation continue to expand. The work gathers together and integrates in a unique, accessible, and practical form many aspects of general commercial, shipping, contract, bailment, tort, property, agency, and transport law in one place.

• Considers key areas of contract, bailment, tort, property, sale of goods and banking law as relevant to the movement of goods
• Deals with trans-national transportation by rail, road, sea, and air in the context of the various international transport conventions and multi-modal transport
• Analyses in detail the law of agency and the law of bailment in the context of carriage of goods and international trade law
• Examines the property elements in carriage of goods and international trade law
• Analyses the multifarious complex domestic and international statutory and contractual liability regimes applicable to carriers and other bailees
• Considers the various issues raised by outsourcing, logistics, and project forwarding contracts Incorporates the BIFA Standard Trading Conditions 2025 Edition

The sixth edition covers a number of key cases and developments, including:

• Fimbank Plc v KCH Shipping Co Ltd (The Giant Ace) [2024]
• UKSC 38 Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Co Ltd [2024]
• UKSC 6 Rukhadze v Recovery Partners GP Ltd [2025]
• UKSC 10 King Crude Carriers SA v Ridgebury November LLC [2025]
• UKSC 39 Hopcraft v Close Brothers Ltd [2025]
• UKSC 33 Mitchell v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber No 2 [2025]
• UKSC 43 URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025]
• UKSC 21 Caribbean Welding Supplies Ltd v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago) [2024]
• UKPC 7 Maersk Guine-Bissau, SARL v Almar-Hum Bubacar Balde SARL [2024]
• EWHC 993 (Comm) Stournaras Stylianos Monoprosopi EPE v Maersk A/S [2024]
• EWHC 2494 (Comm) AMS Ameropa Marketing and Sales AG v Ocean Unity Navigation Inc (Doric Valour) [2024]
• EWCA Civ 1312. Berge Bulk Shipping PTE Ltd v Taumata Plantations Ltd [2025]
• EWCA Civ 876 MS Amlin Marine NV v King Trader Ltd [2025]
• EWCA Civ 1387 Skyros Maritime Corporation v Hapag-Lloyd AG (MV Syros & Agios Minas) [2025]
• EWCA Civ 1529 Pleon Ltd v Leonis Yachting Ltd (The Maltese Falcon) [2025]
• EWHC 3144 (Comm) Perfect Marine Ltd v Sodrugestvo Turkey [2025]
• EWHC 1940 (Comm) Tanga Pharmaceuticals Plastics Ltd v Emirates Shipping Line FZE [2025]
• EWHC 368 (Comm) Sino East Transportation Ltd v Grand Amazon Shipping Ltd [2025]
• EWHC 1990 (Comm) BIFA terms 2025 edition

table of content

Part I: Agency

 

1. Agent and Principal

 

2. Agents and Third Parties

 

Part II: Interests in Goods

 

3. Ownership, Possession and Risk

 

4. Bailee and Bailor

 

Part III: Carriage Documents

 

5. Bills of Lading, Waybills and Consignment Notes

 

6. Receipts in Bailment

 

Part IV: The Causes of Action

 

7. Contractual Claims

 

8. Misrepresentation Claims

 

9. Bailment Claims

 

10. Tort Claims

 

11. Restitution, Contribution and Debt Claims

 

12. Assignment

 

13. Election, Waiver and Discharge

 

14. Damages

 

15. Causation and Remoteness in Damages

 

16. Limitation

 

17. Time Bars

 

Part V: Liability Regime

 

18. Carriers and Forwarders

 

19. The International Carriage Conventions

 

20. Statutory and Contractual Liability Regimes

 

21. Risk Allocation and Transfer

 

22. Duties and Liabilities of the Merchant

 

Part VI: Miscellaneous Issues

 

23. Charges

 

24. Illegality and Public Policy