The York-Antwerp Rules: The Principles and Practice of General Average Adjustment

Written from the perspective of the Average Adjuster, and updated to include a detailed analysis of the new rules adopted in 2016, this book is an essential read for practitioners in maritime law and marine insurance.

The book contains:　

• historical references regarding the establishment of General Average from Roman Law onwards;

• details of the establishment of International rules to achieve uniformity in the adjustment of General Average and their development:

• the Glasgow Resolutions of 1860;　

  the York rules of 1864; and

  the York-Antwerp Rules 1877, 1890, 1924, 1950, 1974, 1994, 2004 and 2016;

• a detailed analysis of the York-Antwerp Rules 2016;　

• CMI Guidelines relating to General Average;

• general average security;

• general average absorption clauses; and　

• new to this edition: insurance of average disbursements.