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1 Table of Contents Preface... P-1 Table of Cases... TC-1 Chapter 1: NATURE OF THE BILL OF LADING Bill of Lading Defined Function and Contents (a) Process (b) Formulaic documents (c) Multimodal form Distinctions (a) Contract of carriage (b) Negotiable instrument (c) Invoice (d) Certificate of shipment (e) Offer to transport Applicable Law (a) Bills of Lading Act i) General ii) Application (b) Marine Liability Act i) Hague-Visby Rules ii) Other conventions iii) Replacement of Rules International Conventions (a) Origins (b) Hague-Visby Rules (c) Interpretation Domestic Provincial Law (a) Mercantile Law Amendment Act (Ontario) 1-17 (b) Civil Code of Quebec (c) Other Provincial Laws Foreign Law Table Table Table Table Table Table Chapter 2: RELATED DOCUMENTS 1. Multiplicity Of Related Documents (a) Export-import documentation CON-1 (Bills of Lading) (2015 Rel. 1)

2 (b) Inland carriage Pro-Bill Consist Sheet Mate s Receipt Cargo Manifest Driver s Manifest Packing List Certificate of Origin Certificate of Analysis Notations Trust Receipt Warehouse Receipt Contract of Carriage Multimodal Bill of Lading Through Bills of Lading and Similar Documents of Title Sea Waybills (a) Transport document (b) Distinction (c) Waybills Generally (d) Interpretation i) Uniform Customs and Practice for documentary credits ii) Conventions CMI Uniform Rules for Sea Waybills Bills of Lading and Letters of Credit (a) Defined (b) Function (c) Autonomy (d) Role of Bill of Lading (e) Multimodal transport (f) Documentary conformity Bill of Exchange Electronic Records Booking Note Table Table Table Table Chapter 3: INTERPRETATION OF BILLS OF LADING 1. Contractual Interpretation Types of Bills of Lading Rules Of Interpretation (a) General CON-2

3 (b) Dictionary meaning (c) Conformity to Letters of Credit (d) External aids Multiple bills issued Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits Incoterms Table Chapter 4: NEGOTIABILITY AND DOCUMENT OF TITLE Negotiability Assignment of a Bill of Lading Bill of Lading as a Receipt Document of Title (a) Rafaela decision (b) Canadian approach (c) Provincial legislation (d) Bank security (e) Civil Code of Quebec Negotiability by Statute (a) Mercantile Law Amendment Act (b) Civil Code of Quebec (c) Conventions (d) Uniform Commercial Code Chapter 5: CARRIER Identity of the Carrier Obligations of the Carrier (a) Basic obligation (b) Damages (c) Delivery (d) Provincial legislation i) Civil Code of Quebec Contract of Carriage: Hamburg, Hague-Visby, Rotterdam Rules (a) Geographic considerations (b) Excluded Application of the Conventions 5-8 (c) Application i) Rotterdam Rules ii) General (d) Carrier s Duty to Deliver Goods i) FBLA ii) Conventions iii) Rotterdam Rules CON-3 (Bills of Lading) (2015 Rel. 1)

4 4. Period of Application and Period of Responsibility of the Carrier Liability of the Carrier for Damage, Loss and Delay Liability of the Carrier for Other Persons Multimodal Transport (a) Basis of Liability Uniform Commercial Code Article (a) Parties (b) Liability of carrier (Article 7-309) (c) Bailee (Article 7-403) (d) Lien of carrier (Article 7-307) Charterparty (a) Uniform Customs (b) Shipowner Freight Forwarder (a) Not a carrier (b) Relation to consignor (c) Relation to shipper (d) Fees Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) Description of the Goods (a) Must be unambiguous (b) Received on Board in Apparent Good Order (c) Conventions (d) American Bills of Lading Act Table Table Chapter 6: LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Total Exemption from Liability of the Carrier (a) Negligence (b) Wilful or gross negligence (c) Scope Fundamental Breach Limitation of Liability of the Carrier (a) Statutory Limitation of liability (b) Contractual Limitation of Liability i) Validity ii) Application iii) Standard forms pre-printed iv) Limitation of warranty CON-4

5 4. Privity of Contract Himalaya Clause The Subcontract Compared to privity under Letters of Credit Limitation of liability on a website Application of the Conventions Table Table Chapter 7: SHIPPER Shipper Defined Shipper s Title Liability of the Shipper Implied Terms of Liability Shipper: Hamburg, Hague-Visby, Rotterdam Rules Rights of the Controlling Party Shipper and Shipowner Shipper and Buyer Table Chapter 8: CONSIGNEES Consignee Defined Consignee Liability for Freight Charges and Demurrage Freight Prepaid Notation Liability For Brokerage Fees Limitation of Liability Table Chapter 9: RECOURSES Standing to Sue Arbitration (a) Incorporation by reference (b) Charterparty (c) Indemnification (d) Stay and waiver Arbitration Under The Conventions Notice of Loss, Damage or Delay Limitation of Actions/ Prescription Periods Fundamental Breach and Time Limitations Evidence by Bill of Lading Bill as a Security Document Maritime Lien Set-Off Sovereign Immunity Injunctions CON-5 (Bills of Lading) (2015 Rel. 1)

6 13. Declaratory Judgment Table Chapter 10: JURISDICTION Conceptual Framework (a) Introduction (b) Interest of the parties Legislative Response (a) Hamburg Rules Forum Selection Clauses (a) Types of clauses (b) Validity (c) Uncertainty (d) Stay of Proceedings (e) Difficulty of Enforcement (f) Fundamental Breach Jurisdiction of the Federal Court Conflicts of law Table Chapter 11: CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES Constitutional conflict Interjurisdictional immunity Provincial ambit Extraterritorial Effect of The Bills of Lading Act Table Chapter 12: FRAUD Fraudulent Schemes Altered Bills of Lading Collusion Fraudulent Misstatements Non-Fraudulent Misstatements Indemnification APPENDICES 1. International Convention For The Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating To Bills of Lading ( Hague Rules ) and Protocol of Signature, App-1 2. The Hague Protocol to the Warsaw Convention... App The Hague-Visby Rules: The Hague Rules as Amended by the Brussels Protocol App Protocol To Amend The International Convention For The Unification Of Certain CON-6

7 Rules Of Law Relating To Bills of Lading ( Visby Rules )... App Rotterdam Rules... App The Hamburg Convention (Hamburg Rules)... App Protocol (SDR Protocol) amending the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading of 25 August 1924 (The Hague Rules), as amended by the Protocol of 23 February 1968 (Visby Rules)... App The Montreal Protocol to the Warsaw Convention... App The Montreal Convention... App The Multimodal Transport Convention (Geneva Convention)... App Warsaw Convention... App The Guatemala Protocol to the Warsaw Convention... App The Guadalajara Protocol to the Warsaw Convention... App UNCTAD/ICC Rules for Multimodal Transport Documents... App Fiata Model Rules for Freight Forwarding Services... App Convention on The Contract for The International Carriage of Goods By Road (CMR)... App Bills of Lading Act (Canada)... App Marine Liability Act of Canada... App Mercantile Law Amendment Act (Ontario).. App Ontario Highway Traffic Act - Schedule 1 - Uniform Freight Conditions (July 4, 2006)... App Civil Code of Quebec (Articles 2001 to 2084)... App Quebec Regulation Governing Bills of Lading (February 21, 2007)... App Motorcycle Vehicle Act Regulations... App Uniform Commercial Code Article 7... App USC Title 49 Transportation Chapter 801 Bills of Lading... App Adherence List... App Rules and Special Service Charges (ABF 111-AF)... App-373 CON-7 (Bills of Lading) (2015 Rel. 1)

8 27. Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods... App Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Applications of Origin and their International Registration... App Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits... App ICC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits... App ISBP International Standard Banking Practice... App Supplement to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits for Electronic Presentation (Version 1.1), (The eucp )... App-496 Index... IN-1 CON-8