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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Debattista on Bills of Lading in Commodities Trade by Professor Charles Debattista Francis Hornyold-Strickland
Split into three parts covering (i) documentary control over the goods (ii) risk title to sue and property and (iii) tender of an applicable bill of lading the book provides a clear understanding of the complex connections between the contracts of sale carriage and letter of credit.Covers cases that have had a fundamental impact on international trade law such as The Saga Explorer [2013] Caresse Navigation Ltd v Zurich Assurances Maroc and Others (The Channel Ranger) [2014] and The Erin Schulte [2013]. There is new material on the relationship between the physical and documentary duties on sellers in CIF and FOB sales; the relationship between the opening of a letter of credit and the existence of a sale contract; who is a lawful holder of a bill of lading for the purposes of establishing a buyer’s title to sue; time of shipment being of the essence; the court’s task in construing poorly drafted international sale contracts; and the effect of certificate final clauses.