Commercial law Books

Book Synopsis​Kenntnisse im Personalrecht spielen in den Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften sowie in der beruflichen Praxis eine große Rolle. Die leicht verständliche, praxisnahe Einführung in die Grundlagen beschreibt die Themengebiete des Personalrechts mit den Schwerpunkten Individual- und Kollektivarbeitsrecht sowie Aspekten des Lohns und der Sozialversicherung. Die rechtliche Materie wird auch für Nichtjuristen so greifbar an praktischen Beispielen, Schaubildern und Mustertexten dargestellt, dass HR-Praktiker dieses Buch nutzbringend im Berufsalltag einsetzen können.Table of ContentsStellenausschreibung und Bewerbungsgespräch.- Arbeitsvertrag.- Rechte und Pflichten im Arbeitsverhältnis.- Besonderheiten für Beamte.- Sozialversicherungsrechtliche Aspekte.- Lohn und Lohnsteuer.- Haftung des Arbeitnehmers.- Kündigung.- Arbeitsschutz.- Spezielle Probleme der Arbeitssicherheit.- Mobbing.- Alkohol und Drogen am Arbeitsplatz.- Rauchen im Betrieb.- Arbeitsunfähigkeit.- Kurzarbeit.- Dienstreisen.- Mitarbeiterüberwachung.- Datenschutz.- Betriebsrat.- Tarifvertrag.- Streik und Aussperrung.- Arbeitsgericht und Prozess.

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Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch bietet dem Leser eine Übersicht über die wichtigsten Schutzrechte und stellt die einzelnen Themen wie Entstehung, Übertragbarkeit, Durchsetzung etc. jeweils für alle Schutzrechte gemeinsam dar. Hierdurch werden das Verständnis für die übergreifenden Grundlagen und der Blick für das Gesamtsystem gefördert. Da auch in der Praxis häufig Produkte von mehreren Schutzrechten parallel geschützt werden, ergibt sich durch diese Darstellungsweise eine höhere Praxistauglichkeit. Sönke Ahrens gibt Handlungsanweisungen für den Schutz eigener geistiger Leistungen und vermittelt das erforderliche Problembewusstsein zur Vermeidung der Verletzung von Rechten Dritter. Dies wird nicht durch die Darstellung möglichst vieler Details, sondern durch die Vermittlung der Grundlagen, gesetzgeberischen Intentionen und Gesetzesstrukturen erreicht und anhand von ausgewählten Praxisfällen illustriert.Dieses Lehrbuch eignet sich insbesondere für Studierende zur Vorbereitung sowohl von Klausuren als auch von Abschlussarbeiten. Daneben ist es aufgrund der Handlungsorientierung und der Darstellung der besonders praxisrelevanten Themen des Lizenzrechts, der Produktpiraterie sowie der Bedeutung des Geistigen Eigentums im Rahmen von Unternehmenskäufen auch für Praktiker gut geeignet.In der 2. Auflage wurden insbesondere die Neufassung des Gesetzes gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb und die Verordnung zur Änderung der Gemeinschaftsmarkenverordnung berücksichtigt.Table of ContentsKennzeichenUrheberrechte und verwandte SchutzrechteDesignPatente und GebrauchsmusterInternationale SchutzrechteEntstehung von SchutzrechtenEintragungs- und LöschungsverfahrenPrioritätsprinzipSchutzbereich und VerletzungSchutzgrenzenÜbertragung und LizenzierungArbeitnehmer und Geistiges EigentumErlöschen von SchutzrechtenLauterkeitsrechtAnsprücheVerfahrenSchutz vor ProduktpiraterieGeistiges Eigentum und Lauterkeitsrecht in der Due Diligence

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Book SynopsisErfinder, Existenzgründer in Start-ups, Patentingenieure, Entwickler und Manager erhalten mit diesem Buch einen Überblick sowie einen praktischen Einstieg in die gewerblichen Schutzrechte. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Schutz von technischen Erfindungen mittels Patenten. Es werden die typischen Fragen eines Neueinsteigers beantwortet, beispielsweise die Vorteile eines Patents sowie die Anforderungen, die an eine schutzfähige Erfindung gestellt werden. Das Buch liefert eine praktische Hilfe bei der Patentrecherche und der Verwertung von Patenten. Konkrete Hinweise zur Integration des Patentwesens in den Erfindungsprozess und den Marketingmix machen das Buch besonders wertvoll für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen. Die zweite, aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage wurde um ein wichtiges Kapitel zum Schutz von Software ergänzt.Table of ContentsÜbersicht gewerblicher Schutzrechte.- Erfolg durch Patente und Patentmanagement.- Basiswissen Patente.- Patentpraxis für Erfinder.- Schutz von Software.- Patentrecherche.- Patentsicherer Erfindungsprozess.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch legt eine umfassende Gesamtdarstellung des Marketingrechts vor und sensibilisiert für mögliche Rechtsprobleme im Marketing. Verantwortliche im Marketingmanagement, die Entscheidungen oft auch schnell treffen müssen, werden hier mit den Grundlagen rechtlicher Rahmenbedingungen vertraut gemacht. Der marketingspezifische Aufbau und die Entscheidungsorientierung gewährleisten dem Marketingmanagement als Hauptzielgruppe einen hohen Praxisnutzen. Der Leser erhält wertvolle Hinweise, wie er im Marketing effektiver und zielgerichteter mit der Rechtsabteilung oder externen Rechtsberatern kommunizieren kann.Der Inhalt• Rechtsrelevante Marketingentscheidungstatbestände• Rechtsrahmen der Marktforschung• Rechtsrahmen der Leistungspolitik• Rechtsrahmen der Preis- und Konditionenpolitik• Rechtsrahmen der Distributionspolitik• Rechtsrahmen der Kommunikationspolitik• Rechtsrahmen der PersonalpolitikDie AutorenProf. Dr. Thomas Zerres ist Professor für Zivil- und Wirtschaftsrecht an der Hochschule Konstanz für Wirtschaft Technik und Gestaltung (HTWG).Prof. Dr. Christopher Zerres ist Professor für Marketing an der Hochschule Offenburg.Trade Review“... Für im Marketing tätige Fachleute erscheint das Werk schon deswegen als großer Gewinn, weil es Problemaufrisse zu allen bekannten Marketinginstrumenten bietet, die auch anschaulich erläutert werden. Insgesamt haben Zerres und zerre mit diesem Buch einen wichtigen und notwendigen Beitrag zur Vernetzung der für jeden Warenabsatz zentralen Bereiche Marketing und Recht geleistet.” (Prof. Dr. Peter Ruess, in: Transfer, Heft 4, 2018)Table of ContentsEinführung.- Rechtsrelevante Marketingentscheidungstatbestände.- Rechtsrahmen der Marktforschung.- Rechtsrahmen der Leistungspolitik.- Rechtsrahmen der Preis- und Konditionenpolitik.- Rechtsrahmen der Distributionspolitik.- Rechtsrahmen der Kommunikationspolitik.- Rechtsrahmen der Personalpolitik.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch befasst sich mit der Anteilsübertragung von Kommanditanteilen, die von der Rechtsprechung zwar längst anerkannt ist, jedoch vom Gesetzgeber bislang nicht geregelt wurde. Bei der Eintragung einer solchen Anteilsübertragung in das Handelsregister unterlaufen in der Praxis häufig Fehler, deren jeweilige haftungsrechtliche Konsequenz die Autorin eingehend untersucht. Im Zentrum der Arbeit steht die These, dass die Nichteintragung des Sonderrechtsnachfolgevermerkes zu keiner doppelten Haftung von Neu- und Altkommanditist führt.Table of ContentsÜberblick über das Recht der Kommanditgesellschaft.- Ökonomische Analyse der Haftungsbeschränkung des Kommanditisten.- Vergleich: Kommanditistenwechsel durch Anteilsübertragung statt durch getrennten Ein- und Austritt.- Negative Abfindungsversicherung.- Haftungsfolgen bei fehlerhaften Handelsregistereintragungen im Rahmen der Anteilsübertragung.

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Book SynopsisDie Erderwärmung schreitet stetig voran. Dennoch setzen die regierenden Politiker die längst erforderlichen Maßnahmen nicht konsequent um. Daran haben auch millionenfache Proteste aus der Mitte der Gesellschaft nichts geändert. Doch ist die Zivilgesellschaft wirklich machtlos? Jochen Theurer erforscht in diesem essential eine interessante neue Handlungsoption für die schnelle Einführung effektiver Klimaschutzmaßnahmen. Charmant, informativ und realistisch.Table of ContentsDo-It-Your-Self? – Klimaschutz in die Verfassung.- Kann mit Art. 146 GG eine neue Verfassung in Kraft gesetzt werden?.- Welche Voraussetzungen müssen erfüllt sein, damit ein wirksamer Beschluss im Sinne von Art. 146 GG vorliegt?.- Recht vs. Macht – Wer prüft, ob der Beschluss wirksam ist?.- Die Richter überzeugen.- Das Grüne Grundgesetz – Ein möglicher Weg zu einer neuen Verfassung.- Lohnt sich ein Versuch? – Chancen und Risiken dieses Wegs

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Book Synopsis 1 Das Handelsrecht als Sonderprivatrecht.- 2 Der Kaufmann als subjektive Anknüpfung des Handelsrechts.- 3 Der Schutz des Privatrechtsverkehrs durch das Handelsregister.- 4 Das Recht der Firma.- 5 Die handelsrechtliche Vertretungsmacht.- 6 Der Kaufmann als Absatzmittler.- 7 Die allgemeinen Vorschriften für Handelsgeschäfte.- 8 Der Handelskauf.- 9 Das Kommissionsgeschäft.- 10 Das Vertragsrecht der Transportgeschäfte.- Kontrollfragen.

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Book SynopsisDie Umstrukturierung und Sanierung gehört zu den anspuchsvollsten Aufgaben in der Beratung, da das Schicksal des ganzen Unternehmens an den getroffenen Entscheidungen hängt. Die richtigen Schritte zu gehen ist daher in der Beratung von hoher Bedeutung. Das Werk dient dabei als Leitfaden mit praxisnahen Handlungsempfehlungen und erläutert alle wichtigen Schritte bei der Sanierung.Trade Review“... richtet sich an Praktiker, die mit ihren Unternehmen in eine Krisensituation geraten sind und deren Berater. Es behandelt recht breit und tiefgehend die wichtigen Themenbereiche der Unternehmenssanierung und enthält theoretisch fundierte Aussagen zu Ursachen, Krisenfrühaufklärung und Management, die den Rahmen für ein effektives und effizientes Sanierungsmanagement liefern. ... praktische Hinweise und Handreichungen, beispielsweise in Form von Checklisten gegeben, die Unternehmern, Managern und Beratern eine wertvolle Hilfe bei ihrem Sanierungsprojekt bieten können ...” (Prof. Dr. Norbert Zdrowomyslaw, in: Der Betriebswirt, Heft 4, 2017)Table of ContentsDas Unternehmen in der Krise.- Bereiche einer Sanierung.- Umsetzung einer Sanierung.

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Book SynopsisDie Bilanzierung von Unternehmenszusammenschlüssen nach IFRS 3 stellt ein besonders anspruchsvolles und beratungsintensives Gebiet im Bereich der Internationalen Rechnungslegung dar. In Anlehnung an den IFRS-Kommentar (Buschhüter/Striegel) führt das Werk zunächst den englischen Originaltext an und ermöglicht damit einen ganzheitlichen Blick auf die aktuelle Gesetzeslage. Die deutschsprachige, präzise und zugleich praxisnahe Heranführung an die Materie des IFRS 3 Business Combinations bietet dem Praktiker einen übersichtlichen Leitfaden bei der Bilanzierung von Unternehmenszusammenschlüssen. Dabei finden aktuelle wissenschaftliche Aspekte und praktische Belange Berücksichtigung.Table of ContentsNormzweck und Anwendungsbereich. - Identifizierung eines Unternehmenszusammenschlusses. - Bewertungszeitraum. - Folgebilanzierung. - Ausweis und Angaben​.

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Book SynopsisThe United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) has become the key framework for drafting international sales contracts and resolving resulting disputes. The remarkable progress of this epoch-making uniform international law calls for a new edition (the fifth) of the late Professor Honnold’s preeminent commentary, now issued under the authoritative hand of Harry M. Flechtner, editor of the fourth edition and a National Correspondent for the United States at UNCITRAL. Professor Flechtner updates Professor Honnold’s in-depth article-by-article exposition, addressing newly arising issues and taking into account the numerous decisions and scholarly analyses that have focused on the CISG in the twelve years since the last edition in 2009. Also expertly updated is Professor Honnold’s masterly overview of the development and implementation of the text of the CISG, as well as his authoritative insights into the underlying principles and purposes of the treaty. Taking into account the myriad variations among distinct legal systems, the commentary expertly treats all crucial aspects of sales contracts, including the following: delivery of the goods and handing over of documents; conformity of the goods and third-party claims; obligations of the parties; payment of the price; taking delivery; anticipatory breach; instalment contracts; remedies for breach of contract; damages; interest; exemptions; limits and effects of avoidance; preservation of the goods; and risk of loss. The CISG is widely regarded as the most significant body of international sales law and the most successful international commercial treaty in history. This new edition provides tribunals, practitioners, and scholars invaluable up-to-date insights into the meaning of each article of the Convention. The multitude of authorities consulted, many dating from the past few years, will continue to influence the promotion of international sales contract uniformity, encourage the settlement of disputes, and help to reinforce consensus in the application of the Convention.  

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Book SynopsisThis book covers in one handy volume all the major topics associated with ship operations. Carefully, co-ordinated to ensure breadth, relevance and lack of overlap, the topics covered are addressed by authors are the very top of their profession, whether in legal practice or academia, and are presented in a manner which is topical and clear. Part I offers a detailed and critical analysis of issues of contemporary importance concerning new liability regimes and developments. Part 2 discusses how parties, in particular ship operators, attempt in contemporary practice to allocate their risks concerning ship operations. Part 3 evaluates the legal position of those involved in more back office' operations. The book provides an invaluable guide to recent legal and practical developments and offers a comprehensive, well-informed and thoroughly practical guide on what is a very complex and developing area of law. It will therefore be of great use to legal practitioners and administrators of sTable of ContentsPart 1- Emerging Legal Problems and Liabilities for Ship Operators Chapter 1- Sanctions and Money Laundering – Associate Professor George Leloudas Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea University Chapter 2- Criminal Liability of Seafarers and Operators- Professor Henrik Ringbom Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Oslo University Chapter 3- Cyber Problems- The Tort Liabilities That Can Be Incurred by Shipowners and Operators Due to Inadequate Cyber Security- Daniel Martin, Partner, HFW, London Chapter 4- Cyber Risks and Insurance- Professor Barış Soyer, Director, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea University Chapter 5- Insolvency Difficulties – Professor Andrew Tettenborn, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea University Chapter 6- Liability for Wrongful Arrest – Sir Bernard Eder Arbitrator, 4 Essex Court, International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court, Acting Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Chapter 7- Liability for Wrongful Arrest Euro Style– Associate Professor Frank Stevens Erasmus University Law School, The Netherlands Chapter 8- Electromagnetic Fields and Navigation: On Board Safety in the Radar- Professor Olivier Cachard, University of Lorraine, France Part 2- Ship Operations in a Contractual Context Chapter 9- A New GENCON: Transforming A Standard Charter for the Modern World- John Weale, Fednav, Montreal Chapter 10- Time Charterers’ Employment Orders and Shipowners’ Rights of Indemnity- Professor Simon Baughen, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea University Chapter 12- New BIMCO Clauses and Risk Allocation (Cyber, Piracy, Sulphur) – Professor Richard Williams, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea University Part 3- Back Office Ship Operations Chapter 13- Bunkers – Who Pays When Things Go Wrong? Simon Rainey QC, Quadrant Chambers, London Chapter 14- Contemporary Legal Issues Concerning Ship Managers – Daniel Jones, Clyde & Co, London Chapter 15- Ship Management Agreements for Autonomous Ships – Grant Hunter, Chief Officer for Legal and Contractual Affairs, BIMCO

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Book SynopsisThe book provides a detailed review of efforts to reform the law on insurance warranties in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, arguing that none of these have been successful. The text proposes a radical new approach to reform of this area of the law, demonstrating through detailed stress testing of these proposals that they would deliver more consistent and equitable outcomes than those achieved to date.Reform of the historically inequitable law of insurance warranties in commercial insurance has been introduced in Australia, New Zealand and, most recently, the UK. This book demonstrates that all these reforms have flaws and that none of them can be relied upon to deliver consistently equitable and predictable outcomes; in particular the UK's, as yet largely untested, Insurance Act 2015 is shown to have serious flaws that have not previously been identified. Building on lessons from these three jurisdictions, the book sets out an alternative approach for dealing with Table of Contents1. Introduction Section One: History, Issues and Challenges 2. The Evolution and History of Insurance Warranties 3. The Law of Insurance Warranties Prior to the Insurance Act 2015 4. Implied Warranties 5. Challenges and Issues: Problems with the Law on Warranties and Potential Solutions for Resolving Them 6. The Law Commission’s Historic Reviews of Insurance Warranties and Proposal for Reform in England and Wales 1957 to 2012 Section Two: Reform Initiatives in Australia, New Zealand and the UK 7. The Law on Insurance Warranties in Australia 8. The Law on Insurance Warranties in New Zealand 9. The 2014 Law Commission Proposals for Reform of the Law of Warranties 10. The Insurance Act 2015: An Effective Reform of the Law on Warranties? 11. Implied Warranties 12. An International Comparative Analysis: Stress-Testing the Existing Law on Insurance Warranties in Australia, New Zealand and the UK Section 3: An Alternate Approach to the Treatment of Insurance Warranties 13. A New Approach 14 Stress-Testing the Alternate Approach 15. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on theory, control and policy issues in the area of corporate crime. A collection of classic and contemporary published articles that reflect a variety of methodological and conceptual approaches, Corporate Crime highlights the most influential thinking about law, crime causation and policy dilemmas - both within the U.S. and internationally.Table of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction; Part I Causes of Corporate Crime: Micro and Macro Factors: Micro: Predicting unethical behavior among market practitioners, Mary Zey-Ferrell, K. Mark Weaver and O.C. Ferrall; Rational choice, situated action, and the social control of organizations, Diane Vaughan; Toward a control theory of white-collar offending, James R. Laseley. Organizational: Organizational offending and neoclassical criminality: challenging the reach of a general theory of crime, Gary E. Reed and Peter Cleary Yeager; Notes on the criminogenic hypothesis: a case study of the American liquor industry, Norman K. Denzin; The changing of the guard: top management characteristics, organizational strain, and antitrust offending, Sally S. Simpson and Christopher S. Koper. Macro/Integrated: Global anomie, dysnomie, and economic crime: hidden consequences of neoliberalism and globalization in Russia and around the world, Nikos Passas; Toward an integrated theory of white-collar crime, James William Coleman; Reintegrative shaming and compliance with regulatory standards, Toni Makkai and John Braithwaite.Part II Responses to Corporate Crime: Public Perceptions of Corporate Responsibility: Distributing responsibility for wrongdoing inside corporate hierarchies: public judgments in 3 societies, Joseph Sanders and V. Lee Hamilton. Justice System Responses: Local prosecutors and corporate crime, Michael L. Benson, Francis T. Cullen and William J. Maakestad; Organizational sentencing, Molly E. Joseph; Cooperation, deterrence, and the ecology of regulatory enforcement John T. Scholz. Part III Policy Alternatives and Dilemmas: The sociology of corporate crime: an obituary: (or, whose knowledge claims have legs?), Laureen Snider; Professional advisers and white-collar illegality: towards explaining and excusing professional failure, Peter Grabosky; The social meaning of environmental command and control, Michael P. Vandenbergh; Transnational regulation of the pharmaceutical industry, John Braithwaite; Information as a policy instrument in protecting the environment: what have we learned?, Mark A. Cohen; Empirical evidence and the legal doctrine of corporate criminal liability, Gilbert Geis and Joseph F.C. Dimento; Name index.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines how international investment arbitral awards can be facilitated. It sets out to achieve a fuller conceptualisation and theorisation of awards through a discussion of relevant issues and themes, as well as demonstrating how they can be achieved through a comparative approach that has been conceived and developed with reference to existing deficiencies in the research literature. This contribution is particularly important given the worldwide emergence of investment arbitration as a powerful form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The book ultimately seeks to explore and develop solutions that can be directed to an existing oversight and deficit within the international investment architecture. In considering the advantages and disadvantages of each âsolutionâ, it will work towards an approach best-suited to upholding the interest of the victorious party at the enforcement stage. The enforcement of arbitral awards on a voluntary basis has proven to be iTable of Contents0.1 AKNOWLEDGEMENTS 0.2 TABLE OF CASES 0.3 TABLE OF LEGISLATION 1. INTRODUCTION 2. CHAPTER 1: OBSTACLES IN ENFORCEMENT OF ICSID AWARDS 3. CHAPTER 2- OBSTACLES IN ENFORCEMENT OF NON-ICSID AWARDS 4. CHAPTER 3: POTENTIAL ENFORCEMENT OBSTACLES IN A FUTURE MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT COURT (MIC) 5. CHAPTER 4: THE PRACTICAL REMEDIES TO REDUCE THE EXECUTION ISSUES IN INVESTMENT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM 6. Chapter 5: CONCLUSION 7. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 8. INDEX

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Book SynopsisThis book is an in-depth study of air and ocean goods-in-transit claims. It sets out to guide and assist businesses within the fresh produce industry to successfully implement the best processes and procedures to maximise their recovery efforts against contracted carriers. Fresh Produce Shipping focuses heavily on protecting the rights and recovery aspects of companies involved in growing, selling, and transporting fresh produce. It gives importers, exporters, loss adjusters, surveyors, and freight forwarders an easy-to-understand guide to the management and requirements of submitting claims. It provides an overview of the shipping terms and procedures involved when raising a claim. The book offers specific and detailed industry knowledge to stakeholders who would not normally have access to such information without the employment of specialists or legal counsel, providing an inexperienced reader with the tools to submit a claim and achieve an understanding of protocolTrade Review"Fresh Produce Shipping provides a "go to guide" for Importers / Exporters, Loss adjusters, Fresh Produce Surveyors, students with an interest in Fresh Produce shipping and claims handling, by providing a comprehensive realistic understanding of the market inan easy to understand text. The book provides a step by step understanding of the claims handling process covering both Airline and Ocean shipments providing reference guides and an understanding of the various conventions relevant to both forms of shipping." -- Victoria Bredin, British Association of Cargo SurveyorsTable of ContentsDedication; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Table of Cases; Definitions; Introduction; Chapter 1 - An Overview of the Claims Process ; The Loss; Air; Ocean; The Strategy to be adopted; Chapter 2 - An Overview of the Legal Framework for Air Cargo and Ocean Cargo Liability; Air; Ocean; Hamburg Rules; Chapter 3 – Detailed Actions after Discovery of the Loss ; The Question of Abandonment ; Delivery Signatures on Collection and Receipt; Air Cargo; Ocean Cargo; Claim Notification & Invitation to Carrier to attend Survey; Air; Salvage and Mitigation; Survey & Investigation; Joint and Separate Surveys; Air; Ocean; Common Causes; Air; Temperature Abuse; Delay; Ocean; Temperature Abuse; Suffocation and CO2 Injury; Delay; Evidencing the container loading; Pre-Shipment Condition and Temperature; Shelf-life tests; The Relevance of Pre-Shipment Evidence; Trip Thermographs; Air; Ocean; Analysis of Transit History; Determination of Cause; Air; Ocean; Chapter 4 - Documentation Gathering; Booking Request and Carrier confirmation (Ocean only); Supplier Invoice; Packing List or Load List; Health Documents; Certificate of Origin, Movement Certificate EUR.1; Air Waybill; Air Cargo Consolidations and House Air Waybills; Ocean Bills of Lading and Sea Waybills; House Bills of Lading; Airline Release Note, Removal Authority, or Airline Delivery Order; Goods Inwards Records; 1st Inspections/Quality Control Records and Photographs; The Surveyor’s Report; Chapter 5 – The Legal Rules determining for What you can Claim; The Central Principle of Restitutio in Integrum; Attempts to derogate from this principle; Damages in Contract and Damages in Tort; Interest on Damages; Duty to Mitigate; Date for Assessment; Chapter 6 - Calculation of Constituent Claim Values; ASMV- Arrived-Sound Market Value; Proof of Arrived-Sound Market Value; The ‘Supermarket Market’; The ‘Wholesale Market’; Sales Price Lists; ADMV – Arrived-Damaged Market Value; Cost-based quantum; Directly-Related Expenses; Survey Fee; Sorting/Repacking; Dumping Costs and Certification; Other Possible Costs; Chapter 7 - Claim Submission; Covering Letter; Presentation Standards & Well-ordered Attachments; Submission of Claims by email; Other methods of claim submission – Air Cargo Claims; If by Post, obtain Recorded Delivery and why; Ask yourself?; Chapter 8 - Time Limits and Time Bar Protection; Time Limits; Air Cargo; Ocean Cargo; Time Bars; Air; Ocean Cargo; Chapter 9 - The Struggle For Settlement; Unreasonably-Delayed Responses & Refusal to Deal; The Burden and Onus of Proof; Delay not involving Physical Damage; Air Cargo; The Central Principle of a Carrier’s Liability under Applicable Law; Aspects of entitlement to claim and sue; Cessions of Rights; In relation to House Air Waybills; Objections to Quantum; The ‘Market’; Survey Fees; All other expenses; Defences – and Countering them; Contributory Negligence; Pre-Shipment Causes; Harvest Records; Pack House Protocols; ‘Hot Stuffing’ - Ocean; ‘Hot Delivery’ – Air; Mixed Maturity; Rots, and Diseases; Thermographs; Reefer container Inspection; Vent Closure and Suffocation/CO2 injury; Failures during Transit; Inadequate packing; Inadequate stowage in an Ocean container; Post Shipment Objections; Attempts to reject claims on dis-entitlement; Air Cargo; The Grounds for a Claim; Force Majeure issues; Successive Carriage; US-Based Airlines and the ‘3-day rule’; Limitation of Liability; Enforcement of these Rules; Ocean Cargo; Attempts to reject claims on dis-entitlement; The Grounds for the Claim; Shipper’s Responsibility for container Settings; Inadequate Stowage; Carrier’s Datalogger – if it can be obtained; Malfunctioning containers and ‘Due Diligence’; Measure of Damages; Limitation of Liability; Unreasonable Attitudes and Commercial ‘Strong-Arm’ Tactics; Field-Heat Argument; Improper Use of Authorities; ‘Strong-Arm Tactics’; Refusal to Produce Evidence; Being ‘Taken to the Wire’; Further Carrier Tactics after Issue of Proceedings; Dismissal of Evidence; Excessive Demands for Evidence; Mixed Maturity; Carrier’s Claims, Operational, and Marketing Personnel at Odds?; Chapter 10 - Reaching for Settlements; Without prejudice negotiations; Dispute Resolution; Ocean Carriers’ P&I Clubs; Jurisdiction; Air; Ocean; Solicitors and Litigation; Choice of Lawyers; Broad Outline of events during Litigation with Costs implications; Pre -Legal Action; Legal Action; Part 36 offers; Preparation for Trial; Trial; Costs Awards; Withdrawing at Any Stage; Annexes; Examples of claim notices; Air Claim Notice; Ocean Claim Notice; Non-Survey Claim Notice; Claim Submission covering letter or message; Air Claim; Ocean Claim; Excel Spreadsheet to show quantum; Cession of Rights wording; Air; Ocean; Schedules; Air; Montreal Convention; Warsaw/Hague; Warsaw [unamended]; IATA 600b Air Waybill; Conditions; Ocean; Hague; Hague/Visby; Hamburg

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of this book continues to offer the first and only comprehensive account of contractual estoppel, now made fully up to date with reference to the most recent cases. Contractual estoppel, a new and exciting development in the common law, is ever more widely employed and keeps showing itself of considerable practical utility. The book examines numerous judicial decisions which apply or discuss contractual estoppel, and offers a full and systematic exploration of its origin, principled basis, practical applications and limits. The doctrine continues to develop and the second edition tracks, catalogues, discusses and explains its multifarious applications, limits and niceties.In this title, the author, Alexander Trukhtanov, maintains the principal doctrinal claim of the first edition that contractual estoppel is a not misnomer, anomaly or distortion of reliance-based categories of estoppel, but its own category of legal estoppel. The book is a single point of rTable of Contents1 Introductory Observations 2 Contractual Estoppel: General Principle 3 Applications 4 Entire Agreement and Non-reliance Clauses 5 Limits 6 Limits: Controls over Exclusion Clauses 7 Contractual Estoppel in the Family of Estoppels

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Book SynopsisReinsuring Clauses provides a comparative English/US law study of the full reinsurance clause (as original and follow the settlements/follow the fortunes) and the related matters.The reinsuredâs burden of proof of loss in its claim against the reinsurers is often contentious, and there are regular arbitrations and judicial proceedings in the leading common law jurisdictions to which this book will be relevant. The book concerns the legal nature of reinsurance agreements, the means by which terms of reinsurance policies can be derived or incorporated from underlying insurances, the effect on judgments, arbitration awards, and settlements on reinsuredâs claims against reinsurers, variations of the follow the settlements clauses, reinsuredâs post-settlement allocation of loss in a claim against reinsurers, and the operation of claims provisions. This second edition updates and expands on the content, including a chapter on different types of reinsurance, formation of reinsurance contracts, cut-through clauses, and aggregation clauses. Developments integrated include the presumption of back-to-back cover applied to non-proportionate reinsurance, the meaning of first loss reinsurance explained by the courts, and Section 13A being added to the Insurance Act 2015.The readership for this book will include insurance and reinsurance practitioners, brokers, students studying insurance and reinsurance law, and academics in this field.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers wreck law as an integrated whole, going beyond the question of removal to include issues such as the ownership of wreck and how the law deals with the many commercial law problems arising after ships have been wrecked during the maritime commercial adventure. The book offers authoritative guidance on the genesis and meaning of the Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention 2007, and the interpretation of its often-complex provisions as they apply both to States trying to use its powers and to shipowners and liability insurers faced by its obligations. The authors explain the increasingly complex inter-relationship between linked areas of maritime law, including salvage, intervention and the overlapping international regimes which deal with pollution from oil, bunkers or hazardous and noxious substances. The book examines how a salvage operation transitions to wreck removal and links the liability provisions with the standard form international commercial contracts actuTable of ContentsPart I Wreck in National and International Law; 1 Introduction to Wreck Casualties 2. Wreck and the Maritime Commercial Adventure 3. Rights in Relation to Wreck 4. State Rights and Wreck 5. Law of the Sea and Wreck 6. Underwater Cultural Heritage Part II Wreck Removal Convention 2007; 7. Wreck Removal Convention 2007: Creation 8. Wreck Removal Convention 2007: Scope 9. Wreck Removal Convention 2007: States’ Rights and Duties 10. Wreck Removal Convention 2007: Shipowners’ and Insurers’ Liabilities 11. National Wreck Removal Law and the MSA 1995 Part 9A Part III Wreck Removal Contracts; 12. Transition To Wreck Removal: Salvage and SCOPIC 13. Wreck Removal Operations and Contracts Part IV Wreck Disposal 14. Wreck Disposal

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Book SynopsisA compilation of commentaries on the various jurisdictions where there either is, or is planned, a statutory adjudication system , this is a review of such systems worldwide in the commercial and construction fields. It features analysis by specialist advisory editors on the adjudication system in place in each separate jurisdiction, together with a copy of the relevant local legislation, and permits a comparative approach between each. This book addresses statutory adjudication in a way that is practically useful and academically rigorous. As such, it remains an essential reference for any lawyer, project manager,contractor or academic involved with the commercial and construction fields. Table of ContentsForeword by Sir Robert Akenhead Introduction and Organisation England and Wales Australia: the East Coast Model (with New South Wales as the Principal Legislation) Australia: the East Coast Model: Victoria, Tasmania, The Australian Capital Territory and South Australia Australia: the East Coast Model (Queensland) Australia: the West Coast Model Chartered Institute of Arbitrators' Dispute Board Rules Federation International des Ingenieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) Dispute Board Rules Germany Hong Kong International Chamber of Commerce Dispute Board Rules Ireland Malaysia Mauritius New Zealand Northern Ireland Scotland Singapore South Africa 20. United States of America

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Book SynopsisGood Faith and Insurance Contracts sets out an exhaustive analysis of the law concerning the duty of utmost good faith, as applied to insurance contracts. Now in its fourth edition, it has been updated to address the arrival of the Insurance Act 2015, as well as any references to new case law. In addition, it synthesises all known judicial decisions by the English Courts concerning good faith in this area.This book is still the only text devoted to a discussion of the duty of utmost good faith applicable to insurance contracts. As good faith is an issue which arises in respect of all insurance contracts, it is a book which will be extremely useful to lawyers involved in insurance as well as insurance practitioners. Table of Contents The insurance contract uberrimae fidei Other contracts of the utmost good faith The nature of the duty of the utmost good faith The source of the duty of utmost good faith Law reform Legislation affecting the duty of good faith The assured’s duty of the fair presentation of the risk at placing The exceptions to the duty of disclosure at placing Modification of the duty of disclosure at placing The post-contractual duty of good faith The assured’s duty of utmost good faith and claims The insurer’s duty Third parties Materiality and inducement Examples of material facts Remedies The loss of the insurer’s right to exercise a remedy or to rely upon a breach of warranty Evidence: Proving a breach of duty or a defence

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Book SynopsisThe Technology and Construction Court (TCC) deals with legal cases that often require specialist technical expertise. This can lead to complex and sometimes lengthy proceedings. In light of the Jackson reforms and developments in cost controls in the TCC, the manner in which claims are handled is of paramount commercial importance to lawyers and lay clients alike.This book provides a practical, but intellectually informative guide to dealing with proceedings in the TCC. Looking at the different types of claims which are commonly, and not so commonly, brought in this court, it considers different potential approaches to such claims depending on the circumstances in which parties find themselves. This is a genuine practitioners' guide, with the principal focus on expeditious, cost-effective case management. Construction practitioners at the Bar, solicitors, adjudicators, arbitrators, and in-house counsel alike, will all find it an invaluable reference for tTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Overview of a Claim in the TCC 3. Evidence 4. Delay Claims 5. Delay and Disruption Money Claims 6. Defects Claims 7. Procurement Challenges in the TCC 8. Cost Budgetting in the TCC 9. TCC and Adjudication 10. TCC and ADR 11. TCC and Arbitration

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