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Step into the bustling heart of 1980s London, where the relentless pulse of finance dictates the rhythm of the city. The Magician unveils the high-octane world of bankers, stockbrokers, and the money moguls who reigned over The City with a cocktail in one hand and destiny in the other. Immerse yourself in the lives of sharply dressed financiers and glamorous women, all entangled in a whirlwind of ambition and allure. As luxury cars line the streets and champagne flows freely in bustling wine bars, the air vibrates with the era’s hit music, accompanying the fortunes made and lost before the closing bell. At the centre of this opulent tale are characters embodying the essence of a time where...
This is a practical and concise guide to London maritime arbitrations that sets out the procedures and problems that may arise at each stage of an arbitration. By reference to individual cases and statutory provisions, it provides guidance on how to approach in practice such problems as the appointment of arbitrators, fees, costs of arbitration, security for costs, mareva injunctions, and dismissal of claims for want of prosecution. This work has been structured to reflect the far-reaching effects that the Arbitration Bill may have on London maritime arbitrations.
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Ann K. "Ankh" Schwader is a well-known science fiction, fantasy, and horror poet, but she is also a prose writer. Here at last is a collection of her dark fiction, including all her Cthulhu Mythos tales to date. Included are "Home Visitor" and "Twenty Mile," both of which have received honorable mentions in the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, as well as "Mail Order Bride" and "Lost Stars," possibly her best work to date. With a preface by the author, a foreword by Robert M. Price, and cover and interior artwork by Steve Lines. Edited by Kevin L. O'Brien.
Acclaimed as the standard reference work on the law relating to time charters, this new edition provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject, accessible and useful both to shipping lawyers and to shipowners, charterers, P&I Clubs and other insurers. It provides full coverage of both English and U.S. law, now updated with all the important decisions since the previous edition. The English decisions covered in the new edition include: The Kos (the Supreme Court on the effect of withdrawing a ship with cargo on board); The Athena (nature of off-hire; meaning of 'loss of time’/'time thereby lost'); The Kyla (damage to ship and frustration); The Silver Constellation, The Savina Caylyn and ...
This book is an invaluable source of information about the claims in respect of which a ship may be arrested in the various maritime countries of the world, the conditions for obtaining an order of arrest, the need, if any, for a security, the manner by which the ship that has been arrested may be released, the possibility of a multiple arrest and the jurisdiction on the merits. Berlingieri provides an analysis and insightful commentary, on an article per article and paragraph per paragraph basis, of the 1952 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships and the 1999 International Convention on Arrest of Ships (entering into force Sep...
International Cargo Insurance examines the law and practice of marine cargo insurance on a worldwide basis, and provides the busy practitioner the information needed to quickly and accurately resolve cargo insurance coverage issues, wherever they may arise. The book concentrates on the law in the United States and England. It then examines other countries with a common law tradition including Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Australia. The civil law systems are highlighted in a number of key trading nations: Italy, Germany, France and Norway. The book includes chapters on South Africa as well as the People’s Republic of China. It concludes with a comparative law chapter concentrating on issues that arise in practice in cargo coverage cases. This chapter also examines how the Institute Cargo Clauses have been construed by Courts worldwide. The appendices include the standard cargo policy insurance terms used in each jurisdiction, some translated for the first time for this volume, as well as translations of the relevant statutes and commercial codes, many not available elsewhere.
This fourth edition of Marine Insurance Legislation is a comprehensive and fully updated annotation of the UK's Marine Insurance Act 1906, setting out the authorities on which the legislation was based and the manner in which the legislation has been construed, with cross-references to the Institute Clauses. The book sets out the text of English Marine insurance legislation and the most important of the market clauses (the Institute Clauses) used in respect of Marine policies written in the London Market. The legislation is heavily annotated, with the operation of each section of the Marine Insurance Act 1906 explained, and references are given to the most important of the early cases upon which the sections are based. There is also comprehensive annotation and explanation of cases decided under the sections of the 1906 Act, with cross-references to the Institute Clauses. Key developments in this fourth edition include the introduction of the new Cargo Clauses in January 2009.
Fatigue is probabilistic in nature and involves a complex spectrum of loading history with variable amplitudes and frequencies. Yet most available fatigue failure prediction methods are empirical and concentrate on very specific types of loading. Taking a different approach, Introduction to Thermodynamics of Mechanical Fatigue examines the treatment of fatigue via the principles of thermodynamics. It starts from the premise that fatigue is a dissipative process and must obey the laws of thermodynamics. In general, it can be hypothesized that mechanical degradation is a consequence of irreversible thermodynamic processes. This suggests that entropy generation offers a natural measure of degra...