Foreign Currency: Claims, Judgments and Damages

ISBN-13: 9781032179469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 392 str.

Michael Howard; John Knott; John Kimbell

Opis

This book provides practitioners with all the information and advice they need in advancing, or defending against, any elements of a claim for debt or damages for breach of contract or in tort that involve a foreign currency.

Spis treści

Foreword, The Rt Hon The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Basic Concepts

Chapter 3: Sterling: its Historical Role, and the Decline that Led to a Change in the Law

Chapter 4: The Euro Zone

Chapter 5: The Change in English Law Introduced by Miliangos and its Forebears

Chapter 6: Contract

Chapter 7: Tort

Chapter 8: Restitution and Unjust Enrichment

Chapter 9: The Law of Trusts and Fiduciaries

Chapter 10: Claims Against Limited or Common Funds

Chapter 11: Set-off

Chapter 12: Interest

Chapter 13: Are currency exchange losses recoverable as damages?

Chapter 14: Procedure and Evidence

Chapter 15: Fiat Money, Legal Tender and Alternative Money

O autorze

Michael Howard QC is a barrister at Quadrant Chambers in London, where he acts in relation to international commercial disputes and specialises in all aspects of maritime law. He is an arbitrator and the Leader of the English Admiralty Bar. He is also a Visiting Professor of Law at Tulane University, Louisiana; and he has given expert evidence on English law before a number of foreign courts.

John Knott is a consultant at the London head office of international law firm Holman Fenwick Willan, having previously headed up their Admiralty Claims department. He has authored numerous articles dealing with foreign currency claims; and he is a contributor to the Damages title of Halsbury's Laws of England.

John A. Kimbell QC is a barrister at Quadrant Chambers in London and a solicitor (Rechtsanwalt) in Hamburg. His practice encompasses maritime law, aviation, insurance and re-insurance in addition to general commercial litigation and arbitration. He acts as a commercial arbitrator in London and Hamburg.