Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
BOOK REVIEW - THE LAW OF TUG AND TOW
THE LAW OF TUG AND TOW. Simon Rainey, M.A., Lic.Sp.Dr.Eur., Barrister (L.I.), LLP, London (1996) xxxviii and 239 pp., plus 32 pp. Appendices and 7 pp. Index. Hardback £85.
The review book replaces Davison and Snelson on Towage (1990) in the LLP text series. The litigational developments from the widened bearing of off-shore sectoral activity, standard form contracts, liability limitation in the English law applicable to the subject-matter, more or less since Bucknill on Tug and Tow (1913, 1927), necessitated the new book. The reader will notice the concise thoroughness and clarity of Mr Rainey’s script. Unlike the work by Davison and Snelson, the topics
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