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Legal Aspects of Incorporation of Clause Paramount in Time Charters, Voyage Charters and Bills of Landing / ARTEM SHCHUKIN

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The main purpose of this thesis is to examine the effect of a clause paramount in bills of lading and charterparties and to clarify how this clause is interpreted by English courts. The primary complexity that arises in the bill of lading context comes from the scope of the incorporated Hague or Hag...

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Published: Swansea 2021
Institution: Swansea University
Degree level: Doctoral
Degree name: Ph.D
Supervisor: Baughen, Simon ; Tettenborn, Andrew
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58895
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