Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

2007: Conference Proceedings
Articles

UNCITRAL Convention: to infinity and beyond... or not?

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  • Michelle Taylor

Published 2007-09-27

Keywords

  • maritime law reform,
  • multimodal transport,
  • multimodal convention,
  • UNCITRAL Draft Convention on Transport Law,
  • Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991 (Cth),
  • Trade Practices Act 1974,
  • carriage of goods by sea,
  • Australian Amended Hague Rules,
  • inland transport,
  • freedom to contract,
  • exclusion clause,
  • volume contracts,
  • carrier obligations,
  • carrier liability,
  • proportionate liability
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Abstract

In this paper, Taylor reviews the UNCITRAL draft convention on transport law from the broader perspective of how it might work in Australia, and what changes might be made to a system that many are already familiar with. To do this, Taylor considers three things: a) Australia's multimodal regime under the Amended Hague Rules and the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth); b) the scope and application of the draft convention; and c) the potential impact of the draft convention in Australia.

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