1.Product Liability
Liability for marine casualties is normally thought of in terms of suits brought…
But these are not the only feasible claims. It is possible to sue others as well…
The current state of law is briefly summed up below.…
A)Negligence liability. There is no doubt that the producer of any item, including…
B) Strict liability. In some cases, there is liability for damage done by defective…
Both these heads of liability are potentially significant in the case of our example…
It is submitted that in order to accommodate MASSes within the scheme of product…
i) The geographical scope of the Consumer Protection Act 1987. It is unclear what the territorial extent of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 is. In particular, does it apply to injury suffered on the high seas (assuming that the vessel in our example briefly strays outside territorial waters), or outside the UK land mass but within UK territorial waters? And does it apply to goods produced abroad? This needs to be clarified.
ii) The applicable law in product liability cases. The present rules about…
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