《LEGAL SEVELOPMENTS IN MARITIME COMMERCE》

1.Arbitration and the courts—With reference to the old procedure of special cases stated and appeals under the new procedure laid down in the Arbitration Act,19791

2.Berth Standard Average Clause—Its meaning,intent and effect.11

3.Award of damages in foreign currency—When the right exists19

4.The blacked ship—Its significance and import for those involved in seaborne commerce (see also "In contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute")23

5.Bretton Woods Agreement—With particular reference to letters of credit and exchange contracts (See also "Documentary credits")33

6.Carriage by air—Warsaw Convention—Some doubts as to the effect and interpretation of the Convention Rules finally determined37

7.Carriage of goods by land sea and air—The problem of uniformity in the application of international rules43

8.Clean bills of lading—When is the bill of lading a clean document?49

9.Collisions at sea—Has the proper use of radar now been achieved?55

10.Development of the bill of lading and international law relative thereto—A brief insight into its historical development alongside the development of maritime law61

11.Documentary Credits—Mutual rights and obligations of the confirming bank and the beneficiary (See also "Bretton Woods Agreement")67

12.In contemplation of or furtherance of a trade dispute—An appreciation of certain provisions of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Acts with reference to seaborne commerce (See also "Blacked ship")73

13.Flood risk potential in the U.S.—A review of some of the commercial contractural and legal problems that followed upon the Mississippi floods79

14.Letters of indemnity—A fraudulent but sometimes justified commercial practice87

15.Lloyd's Average Bond—The need to provide for jurisdiction93

16.Mareva Injunction—The origin and purpose of the injunction95

17.Origin and growth of the P.＆I. Clubs—with particular reference to their present place in the field of marine insurance103

18.Rectification of the terms of the contract—Some guidance,vis-a-vis contracts for the carriage of goods by sea, as to when the remedy of rectification is available107

19.Right of arrest of a vessel—some considerations to be borne in mind in the exercise of the right113

20.Spillage of oil in ports or harbours—an appreciation of the potential of a major disaster by fire121