- •Table of Cases
- •Table of Statutes
- •Table of Statutory Instruments
- •Table of European Legislations
- •Table of Statutes and Other Instruments
- •Table of Abbreviations
- •Preface
- •Introduction
- •Overview
- •1 Standard Trade Terms
- •Introduction
- •Ex works
- •CIF contracts
- •CIF contracts under INCOTERMS 2010
- •C&F contracts
- •C&F and INCOTERMS
- •FOB contracts
- •Variants of an FOB contract
- •FAS contracts
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •2 The Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods 1980
- •Introduction
- •The Vienna Convention
- •Conclusion: Recent international initiatives
- •Further reading
- •Overview
- •Introduction
- •Policy considerations, e-commerce and international regulatory measures
- •Electronic data interchange (EDI) and interchange agreements
- •UNCITRAL model law on e-commerce
- •Other international initiatives – the International Chamber of Commerce
- •The EU directive on e-commerce
- •The United Nations Convention on the use of electronic communications in international contracts
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •Introduction
- •Electronic signatures and UNCITRAL
- •The EU directive on electronic signatures and the UK legislation: Electronic Communications Act 2000 and the Electronic Signatures Regulation 2002
- •Electronic medium and computer misuse
- •Conclusion: a bright future for e-commerce?
- •Further reading
- •Overview
- •Introduction
- •Types of charterparties
- •Common law implied obligations in a voyage charterparty
- •Common law immunities
- •Usual express terms
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •6 Bills of Lading
- •Introduction
- •Nature of a bill of lading
- •Rights and liabilities of consignee/endorsee
- •The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992
- •Bills of lading and fraud
- •Electronic data interchange (EDI) and the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •7 Bills of Lading and Common Law
- •Introduction
- •Implied obligations on the part of the shipowner
- •Implied obligations on the part of the shipper
- •Common law exceptions
- •Contractual exceptions
- •Other terms in bills of lading
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •Introduction
- •Limitation of liability
- •Scope of application
- •Contracting out
- •The future
- •Further reading
- •9 The Hamburg Rules and the Rotterdam Rules
- •Introduction
- •The Hamburg Rules
- •Scope of application
- •The Rotterdam Rules (The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea)
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •10 International Carriage of Goods by Air
- •Introduction
- •The Warsaw system
- •Approach to interpretation of the Warsaw Convention in the English courts
- •Scope of application of the Warsaw Convention (unamended and amended versions)
- •Contracting out
- •Documentary responsibilities
- •Air waybill and negotiability
- •Electronic data interchange (EDI) and the Warsaw regime
- •Carrier liability
- •Proceedings
- •The Montreal Convention
- •Further reading
- •11 International Carriage of Goods by Rail
- •Introduction
- •Interpretation of the CIM
- •Scope of application
- •Documentary responsibilities
- •Electronic data interchange (EDI) and the CIM rules
- •Contracting out
- •Proceedings
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •12 International Carriage of Goods by Road
- •Introduction
- •Interpretation of the CMR by the English courts
- •Scope of application
- •Contracting out
- •Documentary responsibilities
- •Electronic data interchange (EDI) and the CMR
- •Proceedings
- •CMR – the future
- •Further reading
- •13 International Multimodal Transport
- •Introduction
- •Freight forwarder – agent or principal?
- •Fiata negotiable multimodal bill of lading
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •Overview
- •14 Marine Insurance
- •Introduction
- •Scope and nature of marine insurance contracts
- •Principles of marine insurance law
- •Warranties on the part of the insured – implied and express
- •Deviation
- •Liability of insurer
- •Institute cargo clauses (A), (B) and (C)
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •15 Letters of Credit
- •Introduction
- •Open account
- •Bills of exchange
- •Documentary bill
- •Letters of credit
- •Performance bonds/guarantees and standby letters of credit
- •Other means of minimising risk of non-payment
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •Overview
- •16 Civil Jurisdiction
- •Introduction
- •Submission by appearance
- •Ordinary contracts
- •Tort claims
- •Ancillary jurisdiction
- •Jurisdiction clauses
- •Simultaneous actions
- •Interim relief
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •17 Choice of Law
- •Introduction
- •The proper law – express choice
- •The proper law – implied choice
- •The proper law – closest connection
- •Particular issues
- •English public policy and overriding mandatory rules
- •Certain particular types of contract
- •Torts and restitutionary obligations
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •18 Foreign Judgments
- •Introduction
- •European judgments
- •External judgments
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •19 Arbitration
- •Introduction
- •Characteristics
- •Arbitration in international commercial contracts
- •Arbitration under English law
- •Foreign arbitral awards
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •Introduction
- •International developments
- •Developments in England
- •Features and associated issues
- •Mediation online
- •The EU Directive on mediation in civil and commercial matters
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •Overview
- •21 Fighting Corruption in International Business
- •Introduction
- •The OECD Convention
- •The OECD and the UK Bribery Act 2010
- •The UNCAC
- •Business codes of conduct
- •Conclusion
- •Further reading
- •Appendix 7
- •Index
Table of Statutes
A
Administration of Justice Act 1920 … 481, 570, 577–9, 582, 604
s 9(1) … 578
s 9(2) … 579, 580, 581, 583 s 9(2)(a) … 579
s 9(2)(b) … 579, 580, 581 s 9(2)(c) … 583
s 9(2)(d) … 579 s 9(2)(f) … 578
s 9(3) … 578, 579 s 9(5) … 578
Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001 …
146, 630
s 108 … 634 Pt 12 … 637
Arbitration (International Investment Disputes)
Act 1966 … 591
Arbitration Act 1950 … 592
s 27 … 246
Arbitration Act 1975 … 592, 604
S 7(1) … 585
Arbitration Act 1979 … 592, 599
s 1(6)(A) … 601
Arbitration Act 1996 … 246, 482, 533, 570, 586, 591, 592–5, 596, 598, 607, 613
s 2 … 525 s 5 … 585
s 5(6) … 585 s 6 … 586
s 6(1) … 586
s 7 … 587, 595 s 9 … 594
s 9(1) … 597 s 9(3) … 597 s 9(4) … 597 s 10 … 594
s 11 … 594 s 12 … 594
s 13 … 594 s 14 … 246
s 18 … 588, 602 s 24 … 587, 594 s 26(1) … 594
s 28 … 594 s 29 … 594 s 30 … 595 s 31 … 594 s 32 … 594
s 33 … 587, 594 s 37(2) … 594
s 40 … 594 s 41 … 602 s 42 … 602
s 43 … 594, 602 s 44 … 525, 602 s 45 … 602
s 45(1) … 589
s 46 … 533, 595, 600 s 46(1) … 595, 596
s 46(1)(a) … 595, 597 s 46(3) … 596, 597
s 56 … 594 s 60 … 594 s 66 … 594
s 67 … 594, 595, 602 s 68 … 588, 594, 602 s 68(2) … 602
s 69 … 599, 600, 601 s 69(1) … 598, 600
s 69(2) … 598 s 69(3) … 598 s 70 … 594
s 70(2) … 602 s 70(3) … 602 s 71 … 594
s 72 … 594
s 73 … 595, 602
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s 74 … 595 s 75 … 595
s 82(1) … 600
Pt III (ss 100–04) … 604
Sch I, para 4(1) … 594
B
Bills of Exchange Act 1882 … 433 s 3(1) … 433
s 29 … 434–5 s 29(1) … 433 s 29(3) … 435 s 30(1) … 433 s 30(2) … 433 s 31(2) … 433 s 31(3) … 433 s 38(2) … 433 s 72 … 529
Bills of Lading Act 1855 … 166, 177–80, 186,
250
s 1 … 173, 174, 177, 179, 181, 185 s 3 … 168
Bretton Woods Agreements Act 1945 … 530 Bribery Act 2010 … 637–41
s 1(2)(a) … 638 s 1(2)(b) … 638 s 1(2)(c) … 638 s 6 … 638
s 7 … 638, 639, 640, 641 s 7(1) … 639, 640
s 7(2) … 639, 640, 641 s 7(5) … 639
s 8 … 639 s 9 … 640
C
Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962 … 311
Carriage by Air Act 1932 … 310
Carriage by Air Act 1961 … 245, 310, 312 s 1(2) … 312
s 5(1) … 331
Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 … 311, 352, 363
Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965 … 352 s 14(2) … 354
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1924 … 218
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 … 30, 151, 166, 167, 177, 198, 207, 218, 253, 260, 530
s 1(2) … 218, 247 s 1(3) … 257
s 1(6)(a) … 258
s 1(6)(b) … 253, 258 s 3 … 223
s 6(4) … 234
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992 … 8, 166, 177, 181–6, 189–95, 242, 250
s 1(1)(a) … 243 s 1(1)(b) … 243 s 1(2) … 166
s 1(5) … 189
s 2 … 174, 181, 182,183, 186 s 2(1) … 181, 182
s 2(2)(a) … 182, 184 s 2(2)(b) … 183
s 2(4) … 184
s 2(5) … 182, 186
s 3 … 174, 181, 186
s 3(1) … 185, 186, 214 s 3(3) … 185, 213
s 4 … 168 s 5 … 183
s 5(1) … 189
s 5(2) … 182–3 s 6(2) … 168
s 6(5) … 242–3
Civil Evidence Act 1968 … 191
s 5 … 191
Civil Evidence Act 1995 … 191
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 … 488 s 16 … 488
s 25 … 525
s 32 … 579, 581 s 33 … 579
s 33(1) … 581
s 34 … 571, 578 s 49 … 519
Part II … 570, 604
Sch 4 … 488
Sch 4, r 3(a) … 492
Sch 4, r 3(c) … 498
Sch 4, r 11 … 489
Sch 4, r 12 … 505
Sch 4, r 13 … 491
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Companies Act 2006
s 1044 … 491
s 1046 … 491 s 1139 … 491
Computer Misuse Act 1990 (CMA 1990) …
132–4, 190
s 1 … 132, 134 s 2 … 132, 134 s 3 … 132, 134 s 4 … 134
s 5 … 134 s 14 … 134
Contracts (Applicable Law) 1990 … 596
s 2(2) … 552
s 2(3) … 528
s 3(3)(a) … 528 s 7(1) … 552 Sch 1 … 528 Sch 3 … 528
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 … 166, 241–2, 378
s 1 … 211, 378, 602 s 1(1)(a) … 242
s 1(1)(b) … 242 s 1(3) … 242
s 1(6) … 242 s 2 … 242
s 6 … 378
s 6(5) … 166, 211, 242, 378 s 6(6) … 242
s 6(6)(b) … 166 s 6(7) … 242
s 8 … 602
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 s 4 … 505, 512
Criminal Attempts Act 1981 … 133
D
Data Protection Act 1998 … 132
Disability Discrimination Act 1995
s 4(6) … 560 s 68 … 560
E
Electronic Communications Act 2000 … 122,
130–2
s 7 … 132, 506
s 7(1) … 191 Pt I … 131
Equal Pay Act 1970
s 1 … 560
F
Factors Act 1889
s 9 … 436
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 … 561 Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act
1933 … 570, 572, 577, 578, 579, 582,
604
s 1(2) … 578
s 1(2)(a) … 579 s 1(2)(b) … 578 s 1(2A) … 577
s 1(3) … 579 s 2 … 578
s 2(1) … 579
s 2(1)(b) … 578 s 2(2) … 579
s 2(5) … 578 s 4(1) … 579
s 4(2) … 579, 580–1 s 4(2)(a)(i) … 581
s 4(2)(a)(iii) … 581 s 4(2)(a)(iv) … 581
s 4(2)(a)(v) … 581, 582, 583 s 11(1) … 578, 579
s 11(2) … 579
Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984 … 547–8 s 1(3) … 548
s 2 … 547, 548 s 13 … 594
H
Human Rights Act 1998 … 601
I
Interception of Communications Act 1985
s 2 … 134
s 10(3)(b) … 134
L
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1989
s 2 … 546
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Law of Property Act 1925
s 136 … 474
Law Reform Frustrated Contracts Act 1943
s 2(5) … 154
Limitation Act 1980 … 594
s 2 … 247
s 5 … 247
M
Marine Insurance Act 1906 … 231
s 1 … 402
s 2(1) … 403
s 3(2) … 402, 403 s 4(1) … 412
s 4(2) … 412 s 5 … 412
s 6 … 412 s 7 … 412 s 8 … 412 s 9 … 412 s 10 … 412 s 11 … 412 s 12 … 412 s 13 … 412 s 14 … 412
s 15 … 412, 415 s 16 … 406
s 16 … 412
s 16(3) … 406, 407 s 17 … 408
s 18(1) … 408
s 18(2) … 408–9 s 18(3) … 412
s 18(3)(b) … 412 s 20(1) … 412
s 22 … 421
s 23(1) … 422 s 24(1) … 422 s 25(1) … 405 s 27(2) … 406 s 29 … 407
s 32(1) … 414 s 32(2) … 414 s 33(1) … 415
s 33(3) … 416, 417 s 35(2) … 417
s 39 … 415
s 39(1) … 416
s 39(3) … 416 s 39(4) … 416 s 40 … 415
s 46(1) … 231
s 49(1)(a)–(g) … 418 s 50(1) … 415
s 50(2) … 415
s 50(3) … 18, 415 s 51 … 415
s 52 … 405
s 53(1) … 405 s 53(2) … 405 s 55(1) … 418
s 55(2) … 419, 423 s 56(1) … 419, 421 s 56(2) … 420
s 56(5) … 420 s 57(1) … 420 s 58 … 420
s 60 … 420
s 60(1) … 420
s 60(2)(i) … 420 s 60(2)(iii) … 420 s 61 … 421
s 62(1) … 421 s 62(2) … 421 s 62(4) … 421 s 63 … 421
s 79 … 420 s 80 … 414
s 84(3)(b) … 411 Merchant Shipping Act 1979
s 18 … 210, 234 Merchant Shipping Act 1995
s 186 … 210, 234
P
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
s 8 … 134
s 19 … 134
s 19(4) … 134
Prevention of Corruption Act 1906
s 1 … 634
Prevention of Corruption Act 1916
s 4(2) … 634
Private International Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1995
s 11 … 565
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s 12 … 559–60, 565 Part III … 564
Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980
s 5 … 582
s 6 … 582 s 7 … 582
Public Bodies Corrupt Act 1889
s 7 … 634
Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 … 645
R
Race Relations Act 1976
s 4 … 560
s 8 … 560
Recognition of Trusts Act 1987 … 501 Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIP
2000) … 133–5, 146, 190 Pt 1 … 134
Pt 3 … 134 s 1 … 134 s 5 … 134 s 49 … 135 s 53 … 135
S
Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994 s 4(1) … 28
s 15A … 12
Sale of Goods Act 1893
s 32 … 13
s 51 … 29
Sale of Goods Act 1979 … 6, 13, 40, 60, 61, 80 s 2(1) … 23, 64
s 13 … 12, 15, 28, 37, 42 s 14 … 15, 28, 42
s 15 … 37
s 15A … 37, 42 s 15(1) … 28
s 16 … 25, 177, 179 s 17 … 43
s 17(1) … 24 s 18 … 24
s 19 … 22, 24
s 19(2) … 24, 36, 43 s 19(3) … 436
s 20 … 25, 44
s 20(A) … 25, 177 s 20(B) … 25, 177
s 20(1) … 23 s 25 … 436
s 32(3) … 34, 39, 40 s 38(1) … 22
s 39(1) … 22
s 39(1)(b) … 23 s 41 … 22
s 44 … 23, 324 s 45 … 324
s 45(1) … 23 s 45(2) … 23 s 45(3) … 23 s 45(4) … 23 s 45(5) … 23 s 45(6) … 23 s 45(7) … 23 s 46 … 324
s 46(1) … 23 s 46(2) … 23 s 46(3) … 23 s 47(1) … 23 s 47(2) … 23 s 48(1) … 22 s 48(2) … 23
s 49(1) … 22, 24 s 50(1) … 22
s 50(3) … 22, 459 s 51(3) … 42
s 52(1) … 85 s 53(3) … 29 s 61(1) … 354
Sale of Goods Amendment Act 1995 … 25 Sex Discrimination Act 1975
s 6 … 560 s 10 … 560
Statute of Frauds 1677 … 546
U
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 … 534 s 2 … 208–9, 259, 534
s 12(1)(a) … 209 s 12(1)(b) … 209 s 26 … 555
s 27(1) … 555
Sch 1, para 2 … 259
Uniform Laws on International Sales Act 1967 … 60
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