Summerskill is a comprehensive treatment of the law of laytime under English law. It presents the general principles of laytime and demurrage offering orientation to newcomers as well as providing an overview to experienced practitioners.
Examines all the key aspects of laytime:-
- The charterer’s duties and considerations, the nature of the laytime, its calculation, legal/ contractual “excuses” for delay, demurrage, damages for detention
- Goes through the practical and legal considerations which determine whether a party has complied with the laytime terms of a voyage charterparty or a sale of goods contract
- Explains the consequences of failure to comply
- Shows how damages are assessed
- Provides detailed commentary on the laytime and demurrage clauses from a range of charterparties
- Examines English arbitration awards in detail
- Introduces chapters on damages for detention and on sales contracts
- Features a glossary of specialist terms
- Provides working examples for various calculations, such as demurrage and dispatch
- New commentary on the interplay between claims arising from sale of goods contracts and voyage charters
