Publisher's Synopsis
"Carver on Bills of Lading" supplies definitive and up-to-date guidance on all aspects of the law relating to bills of lading. It's detailed coverage of the nature and uses of bills, including in-depth discussion of case law, builds on the distinguished pedigree of Carver: Carriage by Sea. It covers the ongoing impact in the courts of the most recent legislation - the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992 and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 - and also provides expert commentary on the Hague-Visby Rules. The features include: new edition of the foremost authority on bills of lading; deals with all dimensions of bills of lading - as contracts, as receipts and as documents of title; covers related documents such as sea waybills and multimodal transport documents; explains the impact of numerous recent cases - including The Happy Ranger (on the nature of bills), The Jordan II and The Tasman Discoverer (on the Hague Rules) and three key House of Lords decisions, The Berge Sisar, The Starsin and The Rafaela S; and appendices contain the text of principal statutes so it can be consulted easily.
