Goods in Transit

The fifth edition of Goods in Transit is a comprehensive legal guide that covers various aspects of general commercial, shipping, contract, bailment, tort, property, agency, and transport law in relation to the movement of goods. It examines key areas such as contract, bailment, tort, property, sale of goods, and banking law, as well as trans-national transportation, agency, and bailment. The book also includes case studies and analyses of recent legal developments, such as the Scipion Active Trading Fund v Vallis Group Ltd case and the Volcafe Ltd v Compania Sud Americana De Vapores SA case.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 24 August 2023
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell Ltd

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 Shipowners obligation to exercise due diligence to make a vessel seaworthy Der.

ISBN-13: 9780414114227
Edition number: 5 ed