Goods in Transit 5th ed

The subject matter of Goods in Transit is of increasing relevance as international trade and globalisation increase. 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 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

The fifth edition covers number of key cases, including:

• Scipion Active Trading Fund v Vallis Group Ltd [2020] EWHC 1451 (Comm) Henshaw J Contractual and bailees estoppel
• Sevylor Shipping and Trading Corp v Altfadul Co for Foods, Fruits & Livestock (The Baltic Strait) [2018] EWHC 629 (Comm), [2018] 2 Lloyd's Rep 33 at [18]-[25] per Andrew Baker J: right of bill of lading holder suing on the bill of lading in contract to recover full damages
• Volcafe Ltd v Compania Sud Americana De Vapores SA (CSAV) [2018] UKSC 61 Bailment and the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules; the burden of proof, inherent vice and causation
• Alize 1954 v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG [2021] UKSC 51 Shipowner’s obligation to exercise due diligence to make a vessel seaworthy
• Dera Commercial Estate v Derya Inc [2018] EWHC 1673 (Comm) Carr J. Deviation
• K Line Pte Ltd v Priminds Shipping (HK) Co Ltd (The Eternal Bliss) [2021] EWCA Civ 1712 Males LJ demurrage

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