Palmer on Bailment

The 3rd Edition of Bailment:

• Analyses a vast range of transactions, covering not only those bailments that are negotiated on a commercial basis but also those that occur without the consent of the owner and those that carry no formal remuneration
• Shows the impact of bailment on other fields of civil obligation
• Explores the relation between bailment and possession at large
• Captures and interprets all the latest developments covering areas including bailment and limitation periods, insurance, intangible property, the human body and animals as well as transmissible leases of chattels
• Provides guidance on litigation and pleading, offering a new chapter on practice and procedure, with expert guidance on the pleading of bailment claims and the machinery of court documents
• Covers the common law jurisdictions
• Includes commentary on a wealth of case law
• Frequently cited in court

CONTENTSCONSTITUTION AND CONTENT

• The nature and elements of bailment
• Identifying the bailor
• Classifications and Distinctions
• Bailment and possessory title
• Possession and permission
• Possession and knowledge
• Service, agency and possession
• Bailment, Mixtures and Fixtures
• Gratuitous bailments and bailments for reward

PARTICULAR BAILMENTS - BAILMENT WITHOUT REWARD

• Depositum or gratuitous safekeeping
• Mandatum or gratuitous work and labour
• Commodatum or gratuitous loan
• Involuntary bailment

PARTICULAR BAILMENTS - BAILMENT FOR REWARD

• Hire of custody
• Hire of work and labour
• Carriage: general principles
• Road carriage
• Rail carriage
• Carriage by air
• Bailment and shipping contracts
• Hire of chattels
• Pledge

SPECIAL MODES OF CREATION

• Extended and Constructive Bailments: Sub-bailment, Substitutional Bailment and Quasi-Bailment
• Transmissible leases of chattels
• Bailment by Attornment
• Finders and other unrequested keepers
• Innkeepers
• Boarding house keepers

SPECIAL CLASSES OF SUBJECT MATTER

• Bailment and the human body: Human remains, human tissue and human Products
• Intangible property
• Animals

BAILMENT AND OTHER HEADS OF OBLIGATION

• Bailment and equity
• Bailment and restitution
• Bailment and taxation
• Bailment, crime and proceeds of crime

REDRESS, REMEDIES, RESOLUTION AND ENFORCEMENT

• Bailment and third parties
• Bailment and Damages
• Exclusion clauses
• Bailments and insurance
• Limitation periods
• Insolvency and possessory securities
• Bailment in the conflict of laws
• Practice and procedure in bailment claims

APPENDICES

• Res ipsa loquitur and the burden of proof in bailment
• The Common law term as to safety and fitness for use under contracts for the hire of goods
• Bailment and covenants with chattels