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

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Goods in Transit, 5th Edition

Goods in Transit, 5th Edition