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The Carriage of Hazardous Cargo By Sea: a UAE Law Perspective

The Carriage of Hazardous Cargo By Sea: a UAE Law Perspective 310 THE CARRIAGE OF HAZARDOUS CARGO BY SEA: A UAE LAW PERSPECTIVE Richard Price* The purpose of this article is to address, from the UAE perspective, two sets of legal issues with regard to hazardous cargo - firstly, as to where, within the framework of a standard contract of carriage (involving owners, charterers, shippers and consignees), does legal liability typically rest for damage caused by hazardous cargo? Secondly, what is the liability of these parties to the outside world in so far as damage is caused by hazardous cargo? Both of these topics are ones of some considerable legal intricacy and what follows is very much an overview. LIABI-LITY FOR DAMAGE AMONGST THE PARTIES THEMSELVES S Turning to the first question then - the legal responsibility for damage amongst the usual parties to a standard contract of carriage: to all intents and purposes, this issue really resolves itself into a more limited question, and that is, who can the vessel owner sue to recover his losses? This is because it is not likely that the charterer or cargo owner, be the latter shipper or consignee, will have an action against the vessel owner where the damage arose from http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Arab Law Quarterly Brill

The Carriage of Hazardous Cargo By Sea: a UAE Law Perspective

Arab Law Quarterly , Volume 10 (4): 310 – Jan 1, 1995

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1995 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0268-0556
eISSN
1573-0255
DOI
10.1163/157302595X00247
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310 THE CARRIAGE OF HAZARDOUS CARGO BY SEA: A UAE LAW PERSPECTIVE Richard Price* The purpose of this article is to address, from the UAE perspective, two sets of legal issues with regard to hazardous cargo - firstly, as to where, within the framework of a standard contract of carriage (involving owners, charterers, shippers and consignees), does legal liability typically rest for damage caused by hazardous cargo? Secondly, what is the liability of these parties to the outside world in so far as damage is caused by hazardous cargo? Both of these topics are ones of some considerable legal intricacy and what follows is very much an overview. LIABI-LITY FOR DAMAGE AMONGST THE PARTIES THEMSELVES S Turning to the first question then - the legal responsibility for damage amongst the usual parties to a standard contract of carriage: to all intents and purposes, this issue really resolves itself into a more limited question, and that is, who can the vessel owner sue to recover his losses? This is because it is not likely that the charterer or cargo owner, be the latter shipper or consignee, will have an action against the vessel owner where the damage arose from

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Arab Law QuarterlyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1995

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