Legal Definition and Related Resources of Limitation of Liability

A shipowner is not liable at all for loss of or damage to goods on the ship in certain cases, e.g., when caused by fire (Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, s. 502), and is not liable for loss of life or injury to persons or things caused by or on board the ship in other cases beyond a certain amount for each ton of the ship’s tonnage, namely, 15 per ton in respect of loss of life or personal injury, and 8 per ton for loss or damage to goods (ibid. s. 503). These limitations of liability only apply to cases where the loss or injury has not been caused by the shipowner’s actual fault or privity (ss. 502, 503). See Company

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Limitation Of Liability in Historical Law

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Tonnage for purposes of shipowners’ limitation of liability in Maritime Law

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See “Tons & Tonnage” (see this legal maritime term in this law dictionary).

Limitation of liability in Admiralty Law

For information on limitation of liability in this context, see the entry on limitation of liability in the maritime law encyclopedia.