Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992
Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Carriage of Goods By Sea Act 1992 (c. 50) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom regarding bills for the lading of goods onto ships. It repealed the Bills of Lading Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 111) and made new provisions.
Background
The Bills of Lading Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 111) was commendably brief and proved useful, but as time went by certain defects became apparent. The English courts devised some ways round the problem: in Brandt v Liverpool (1924) such as the concept of implied contracts, although the courts themselves subsequently proved reluctant to adopt this concept. Nevertheless, there were difficulties relating to passing of property and passing of risk.
“Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992” enters the record as public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Carriage, Goods and Public can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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