Part 1: Setting the scene 1. Third parties, bills of lading and the conflict of laws Professor Yvonne Baatz 2. Third parties and the UK Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 Dr Ozlem Gurses 3. Third Party Claims Handling in the USA - NVOCCs and Himalaya clauses Mr Mike Butterworth 4. Clauses on arbitration, jurisdiction and adjudication by internal bodies of associations when rights are transferred to third parties Dr Kristina Siig Part 2: Bills of lading, their functions and third parties 5. Standard Charter Bank v Dorchester [2013] EWHC 808 (Comm): Bills of Lading and third parties rights, the Trade Perspective Dr Andrea Lista 6. Possessor of bill of lading not being holder Professor Paul Todd 7. Incorporation of charterparty terms into bills of lading held by third parties Professor Martin Davies 8.

Carriers' liability towards third parties for misleading statements in cargo documents Professor Trond Solvang 9. Delivery without presentation of a transport document Anders M¿llmann Part 3: Bills of lading: quirks and quagmires 10. Third parties¿ liabilities in bill of lading contracts Filippo Lorenzon 11. SIML: Claims for freight etc on the receiver Professor emeritus Erling Selvig 12. SIML: Security interests in goods under transport Professor Erik R¿s¿/I> 13. Third parties, bills of lading and the law applicable to multimodal carriage Ellen Eftest¿l-Wilhelmsson 14. Third parties rights and multimodal transport documents Dr Simone Lamont-Black.