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Delay in Maritime Transport Chijioke Ifeoma Okorie
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Matthew Channon, Lucy McCormick and Shengnan Jia
Kyriaki Noussia
Knock-for-Knock Indemnities and the Law:
FIDIC Yellow Book: A Commentary Contractual Limitation and Delictual Liability
Ben Beaumont Edited by Kristofer Svendsen, Endre Stavang
and Greg Gordon
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Paula Bäckdén Revenue and VAT Compliance
Mark Rowbotham
FIDIC Red Book: A Commentary
Ben Beaumont
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KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK
INDEMNITIES AND THE LAW
CONTRACTUAL LIMITATION
AND DELICTUAL LIABILITY
EDITED BY
KRISTOFFER SVENDSEN,
ENDRE STAVANG AND GREG GORDON
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CONTENTS
List of contributors xix
Editors’ preface xxi
Table of cases xxv
Table of statutes and Model Form Contracts xxxiii
PART I SELECTED TOPICS
CHAPTER 1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK
CLAUSES IN THE LAST 15 YEARS 1
Kyriaki Noussia and Hanieh Bolourian
CHAPTER 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO RISK ALLOCATION IN
OIL AND GAS CONTRACTS FROM AN ENGLISH
LAW PERSPECTIVE 20
Greg Gordon
CHAPTER 3 CONTRACTING AROUND TORT DEFAULTS:
THE KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK PRINCIPLE AND
ACCIDENT COSTS 65
Gideon Parchomovsky and Endre Stavang
CHAPTER 4 ON KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK CLAUSES AND
THEIR OPTIMAL REGULATION 87
Henrik Lando
CHAPTER 5 KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK INDEMNITY PROVISIONS
AND LIABILITY INSURANCE: POTENTIALLY
STRANGE BUT ALWAYS COMPLICATED
BEDFELLOWS 98
Jay R. Sever and Lauren E. Burk
CHAPTER 6 THE EFFECT OF CHOICE OF LAW ON
KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK CLAUSES 106
Uisdean Vass
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PART II KNOCK FOR KNOCK IN SPECIFIC JURISDICTIONS
CHAPTER 7 INDEMNITY CLAUSES IN FABRICATION AND
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN NORWAY 117
CHAPTER 7A LIMITING AND CHANNELING LIABILITY UNDER
OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
IN NORWAY 118
Knut Kaasen
CHAPTER 7B THE OBLIGATION UNDER NORWEGIAN
OFFSHORE CONTRACTS TO INSURE THE
CONTRACT OBJECT AS PART OF A
KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK AGREEMENT 153
Erik Brannsten
CHAPTER 8 LIABILITY AND INSURANCE CLAUSES IN
CONTRACTS FOR VESSEL SERVICES IN
THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE SECTOR:
THE KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK PRINCIPLE 164
Trine-Lise Wilhelmsen
CHAPTER 9 STATUTORY LIABILITY REGULATION
VERSUS CONTRACTUAL RISK ALLOCATION
IN UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS: THE NORWEGIAN
CASE 182
Kristofer Svendsen
CHAPTER 10 APPLYING KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK IN GERMANY 193
Eckehard Volz and Anna-Sophie Waldmann
CHAPTER 11 KNOCK FOR KNOCK UNDER BRAZILIAN LAW 204
Felipe T. Boechem and Márcio Opromolla
CHAPTER 12 THE IMPLICATIONS OF LITIGATION POST
DEEPWATER HORIZON ON KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK
CLAUSES IN US LAW 214
Cindy Matherne Muller, Jeanne Amy, and Jennifer David
CHAPTER 13 MUTUAL HOLD HARMLESS CLAUSES IN
FRANCE AND FRANCOPHONE CIVIL LAW
SYSTEMS 238
Bertrand Montembault and Paul Morton
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CHAPTER 14 LESSONS FROM THE APPLICATION OF
KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK CLAUSES UNDER
MALAYSIAN LAW 251
Wan Mohd Zulhafz Wan Zahari
Index 291
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DETAILED CONTENTS
List of contributors xix
Editors’ preface xxi
Table of cases xxv
Table of statutes and Model Form Contracts xxxiii
PART 1 SELECTED TOPICS
CHAPTER 1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK
CLAUSES IN THE LAST 15 YEARS 1
Kyriaki Noussia and Hanieh Bolourian
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Defnition 1
1.2 Essential meaning of a K4K clause 1
1.3 Historical genesis of the K4K clause 2
2 Issues in using, implementing and enforcing K4K clauses 3
3 Various uses 3
3.1 SUPPLYTIME 2005 3
3.2 Insurance and P&I clubs 4
3.3 Use in ofshore contracts 4
4 Modern use 5
4.1 The BIMCO SUPPLYTIME 2017 5
5 A historical encounter of the K4K clauses in the shipping and
in the ofshore oil and gas sectors 6
6 The evolution of K4K clauses in standard contracts and in
English case law 7
6.1 The signifcance of the Piper Alpha litigation 9
7 The contribution of other jurisprudence to the historical evolution
of K4K clauses 10
7.1 US jurisprudence 10
7.2 Deepwater Horizon 11
7.3 Brazil 11
7.4 Germany 12
7.5 Australia 13
7.6 Nordic countries – the history and validity of K4K clauses from
a comparative perspective 13
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