Shipowners' limitation of liability. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Barnabas W.B. Reynolds, Michael N. Tsimplis.
• Other Names: Reynolds, Barnabas; Tsimplis, Michael N
• Contents: How limitation issues arise -- Tonnage and value based limitation systems -- Who may invoke global limitation? -- For which types of vessel is limitation available? -- The claims to which limitation may apply -- When is the right to limited liability lost? -- The limits of liability -- Multiple funds, multiplicity of defendants and counterclaims -- Constitution of the fund and priority of claims -- The admiralty jurisdiction of the English High Court and English limitation procedure -- Jurisdiction for global limitation of liability proceedings -- Passenger liability -- Cargo claims and the Hague-Visby Rules -- Limitation of liability for oil pollution -- Bunker and lubricating oils -- Liability for oil pollution not covered by international conventions -- Hazardous and noxious substances -- Appendix I. Ratification status of the 1924 Limitation Convention -- Appendix II. Ratification status of the 1957 Limitation Convention and its 1979 Protocol -- Appendix III. Ratification status of the 1976 and 1996 LLMCs -- Appendix IV. 1924 Limitation Convention -- Appendix V. 1957 Limitation Convention -- Appendix VI. 1976 LLMC -- Appendix VII. 1996 LLMC.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Kluwer Law International
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (360 pages)
• Subjects: 343.096; Maritime law; Limited liability; Liability for marine accidents; Contracts, Maritime
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789041148483; 9041148485
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.