Shipowners' limitation of liability
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Published: |
Wolters Kluwer,
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Publisher Address: | Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands |
Publication Dates: | c2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | c, 454 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9789041124654 (hbk.) 9041124659 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D993 |
CLC: | D993.5 |
Call Number: | D993.5/R462 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-443) and index. 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. |