Goods in Transit 6th ed
ISBN13: 9780414135031
To be Published: August 2026
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
The subject matter of Goods in Transit is of increasing relevance as international trade and globalisation continue to expand. The work gathers together and integrates in a unique, accessible, and practical form many aspects of general commercial, shipping, contract, bailment, tort, property, agency, and transport law in one place.
- Considers key areas of contract, bailment, tort, property, sale of goods and banking law as relevant to the movement of goods
- Deals with trans-national transportation by rail, road, sea, and air in the context of the various international transport conventions and multi-modal transport
- Analyses in detail the law of agency and the law of bailment in the context of carriage of goods and international trade law
- Examines the property elements in carriage of goods and international trade law
- Analyses the multifarious complex domestic and international statutory and contractual liability regimes applicable to carriers and other bailees
- Considers the various issues raised by outsourcing, logistics, and project forwarding contracts
Incorporates the BIFA Standard Trading Conditions 2025 Edition
The sixth edition covers a number of key cases and developments, including:
- Fimbank Plc v KCH Shipping Co Ltd (The Giant Ace) [2024]
- UKSC 38 Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Co Ltd [2024]
- UKSC 6 Rukhadze v Recovery Partners GP Ltd [2025]
- UKSC 10 King Crude Carriers SA v Ridgebury November LLC [2025]
- UKSC 39 Hopcraft v Close Brothers Ltd [2025]
- UKSC 33 Mitchell v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber No 2 [2025]
- UKSC 43 URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025]
- UKSC 21 Caribbean Welding Supplies Ltd v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago) [2024]
- UKPC 7 Maersk Guine-Bissau, SARL v Almar-Hum Bubacar Balde SARL [2024]
- EWHC 993 (Comm) Stournaras Stylianos Monoprosopi EPE v Maersk A/S [2024]
- EWHC 2494 (Comm) AMS Ameropa Marketing and Sales AG v Ocean Unity Navigation Inc (Doric Valour) [2024]
- EWCA Civ 1312. Berge Bulk Shipping PTE Ltd v Taumata Plantations Ltd [2025]
- EWCA Civ 876 MS Amlin Marine NV v King Trader Ltd [2025]
- EWCA Civ 1387 Skyros Maritime Corporation v Hapag-Lloyd AG (MV Syros & Agios Minas) [2025]
- EWCA Civ 1529 Pleon Ltd v Leonis Yachting Ltd (The Maltese Falcon) [2025]
- EWHC 3144 (Comm) Perfect Marine Ltd v Sodrugestvo Turkey [2025]
- EWHC 1940 (Comm) Tanga Pharmaceuticals Plastics Ltd v Emirates Shipping Line FZE [2025]
- EWHC 368 (Comm) Sino East Transportation Ltd v Grand Amazon Shipping Ltd [2025]
- EWHC 1990 (Comm) BIFA terms 2025 edition
