AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsTable of Cases1 IntroductionI GeneralA Practical Overview of Commonly Shipped Dangerous Goods(i) Goods in Packaged Form(ii) Petroleum Products and Liquefied Gases(iii) Non-inherently Dangerous Goods(iv) Solid Bulk CargoesB The Law Surrounding the Shipment of Dangerous GoodsII Structure of the Book2 International Regulations on Dangerous GoodsI OverviewA Historical BackgroundII The IMDG CodeA GeneralB ClassificationC Marking, Labelling and PlacardingD Stowage and SegregationE DocumentationIII Other IMO InstrumentsA The IMSBC CodeB The International Grain CodeC The IBC CodeD The IGC CodeE The INF CodeIV Effectiveness of the CodesA Inherent IneffectivenessB Inadequate or Poor Implementation3 Liability Arising from Dangerous Goods: General FrameworkI GeneralII Meaning of Dangerous GoodsIII Liability under Common LawA Physically Dangerous GoodsB The Concept of Legally Dangerous GoodsIV Liability under the Hague-Visby RulesV Fault of the CarrierVI Conclusion4 The Shipper and His Liability under CIF and FOB ContractsI GeneralII The Nature of CIF and FOB ContractsA The Shipper under CIF Contracts(i) Where the Seller is Both the Wet and the Dry Shipper(ii) Where the Seller is the Wet But Not the Dry Shipper(iii) Where the Seller is Neither the Wet Nor the Dry ShipperB The Shipper under FOB Contracts(i) Bare FOB(ii) Classic FOB(iii) FOB Contract with Additional Duties(iv) Who Attracts the Shipper's Liability under FOB Contracts?(v) Who Attracts the Liability for Dangerous Goods?III Conclusion5 Transfer of Liability from the Seller to the Buyer under the ContractI GeneralII Contractual Transfer of LiabilityA Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992B The Buyer `In Whom Rights are Vested'(i) The Buyer Holding Bills of Lading(ii) Sea Waybills(iii) Delivery OrdersC Transfer of Liability(i) Case Law and the Influence of the Law Commission Report(ii) Under the Hague/Hague-Visby Rules(iii) Justification of the Transfer to the Buyer(iv) Contractual Transfer of Liability from the Seller to the BuyerD Imposition of Liability(i) Conditions under Section 3E Cessation of Liability(i) Exceptions to the RuleIII Conclusion6 Other Mechanisms for Imposing Liability on the BuyerI GeneralII Liability under the Brandt v Liverpool DoctrineIII Bailment ActionA Buyer as Original BailorB Buyer as AttorneeIV Function of the Document of TitleV Potential Tort Actions against the BuyerA Actions in Negligence and Vicarious LiabilityB The Rule in Rylands v Fletcher(i) Conditions of the Rule(ii) Defences Available to the Buyer(iii) Conclusion on the RuleVI Conclusion7 Causal Link under the Contract of SaleI GeneralII Under the 1979 ActA Section 32(2) Reasonable Carriage Contract(i) The Contract Must be on `Usual Terms'(ii) The Contract Must be Appropriate to Sufficiently Protect the Goods(iii) The Contract Must Confer Substantial Protective RightsB Other Potential Causal Links(i) Description of the Goods(ii) Satisfactory Quality and Other Common Law PrinciplesIII Conclusion8 Recovery of the Loss under the ContractI GeneralII Damages under the 1979 ActA The Rule of RemotenessB Application of the Rule to the Loss of the BuyerC Consequential Losses under CIF and FOB SalesD Analogy with Other Sale of Goods CasesE Intervening Act of the BuyerF String SalesIII Conclusion9 Non-contractual RemediesI GeneralII Propositions for Recovery under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978A Basic Scheme of the ActB Notion of Same Damage and Same VictimC Apportionment of LiabilityD Joinder of the Shipper/Seller or Other Potential PartiesIII Suggestions on Tort ActionsIV Conclusion10 ConclusionI Outcomes and Proposed SolutionsA Dangerous Goods not Confined to `Dangerous Goods'B Seller Justifiably Attracts Liability at the Shipment StageC Liability is Transmissible to the Buyer at the Delivery Stage Probably Only under the ContractD Contractual Recovery by the BuyerE Recovery under Non-contractual MechanismsII A Holistic ApproachBibliographyIndex