2nd Edition

Marine Cargo Insurance

By John Dunt Copyright 2016
676 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

678 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

678 Pages
by Informa Law from Routledge

The new edition of this British Insurance Law Association (BILA)-award winning text is the definitive reference source for marine cargo insurance law. Written by an author who was closely involved with the revisions to the Institute Cargo Clauses 2009, the work expertly examines marine cargo insurance by reference to important English and foreign legal cases as well as the Marine Insurance... Read more

1. History and Definition of Marine Cargo Insurance



2. Law and Jurisdiction Clauses



3. Open Covers, Policies and Certificates of Insurance



4. Insurable Interest and the Indemnity Principle



5. Good Faith, Non-Disclosure and Misrepresentation and the Duty of Fair Presentation



6. Warranties, Conditions and Exclusions



7. Causation



8. All Risks and Exclusions



9. Named Perils Cover and Insurance for Specific Trades, Commodities and Transits



10. War, Strikes, Terrorism and Rejection Risks



11. Duration of the Insurance 1: The Transit Clause



12. Duration of the Insurance 2: Termination of Carriage and Change of Voyage



13. Claims and Losses



14. Recoverable Expenses and Liabilities: Sue and Labour, Salvage, General Average and Collision Liabilities



15. Measure of Indemnity



16. Subrogation, Double Insurance and Rights of Contribution

Biography

JOHN DUNT is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton. He qualified as a solicitor in 1972 and joined Clyde & Co in 1975. He was a partner for 30 years from 1977 to 2007 specialising in marine insurance, with particular reference to cargo insurance. After retiring as a partner of Clyde & Co in 2007, he remained a consultant until June 2016.