First published in 1886, Scrutton has provided a first port of call for research when drafting contracts or dealing with disputes for generations. The book is the leading analysis of general principles in the fields of time charters, voyage charters and demise charters. It covers charterparties role as a key form of commercial contract, from the initial construction of the contract, through the rights and liabilities it confers, terms, agency and performance. 

Included in the 25th edition are the following updates:New section added to Chapter 1 covering the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 - Updated coverage of recent Supreme Court decisions concerning:

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  • The law of economic duress in Times Travel UK Limited v Pakistan International Airlines Corp [2021] UKSC 40
    
    The statement of the law of illegality as it relates to contracts in Stoffel & Co v Grondona [2020] UKSC 42
  
  
  
  

• the limits of contractual obligations to overcome the effects of force majeure in MUR Shipping BV v RTI Limited [2022] EWCA Civ 1406);
  
  the different types of contractual “subjects” and their effects (DHL Product and Chartering Ltd v Gemini Ocean Shipping Co Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1555); and
  
  the law relating to implied representations and affirmation (SK Shipping Europe Ltd v Capital VLCC 3 Corp [2022] EWCA Civ 231)