Shipowners limitation of liability
By: Barnabas W.B. Reynolds, Michael N. Tsimplis
Contributors: Tsimplis, Michael N.
Publisher: Kluwer Law International; Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands; Frederick, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9789041124654
Subjects: Limited liability; Maritime law; Liability for marine accidents; Maritime Contracts
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-443) and index.
Table of contents: title: How limitation issues arise; title: Tonnage and value based limitation systems; title: Who may invoke global limitation?; title: For which types of vessel is limitation available?; title: The claims to which limitation may apply; title: When is the right to limited liability lost?; title: The limits of liability; title: Multiple funds, multiplicity of defendants and counterclaims; title: Constitution of the fund and priority of claims; title: The admiralty jurisdiction of the English High Court and English limitation procedure; title: Jurisdiction for global limitation of liability proceedings; title: Passenger liability; title: Cargo claims and the Hague-Visby Rules; title: Limitation of liability for oil pollution; title: Bunker and lubricating oils; title: Liability for oil pollution not covered by international conventions; title: Hazardous and noxious substances; title: Appendix I. Ratification status of the 1924 Limitation Convention; title: Appendix II. Ratification status of the 1957 Limitation Convention and its 1979 Protocol; title: Appendix III. Ratification status of the 1976 and 1996 LLMCs; title: Appendix IV. 1924 Limitation Convention; title: Appendix V. 1957 Limitation Convention; title: Appendix VI. 1976 LLMC; title: Appendix VII. 1996 LLMC.