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Set in 1969-70, this is a chronicle of a young man's flight fromthe Viet Nam draft and potential arrest on unrelated charges. Thestory starts in Seattle and goes to the coast of Maine, a vegetableoil factory in New Orleans, the red light district of wartime Saigon,and ends up with hitchhiking on Route 66 to get back to Seattle fromNew Orleans.This is the first in a collection of sea stories based upon theauthor's experience working aboard 17 freighters and tankers from1970 to 1982. John Merriam was an unlicensed seaman in the U.S.merchant marine for those 12 years while working his way throughcollege and law school. Tuition for law school was paid with ascholarship from the Seafarers International Union. Passing the barin 1982, he was associate and then partner at a small, generalpractice firm in Seattle before starting his own firm in 1996.Mr. Merriam now restricts his law practice to representingindividuals with claims for maritime wages or injury. He is a solepractitioner with an office at Seattle's Fishermen's Terminal.The author lives with his wife, Kaye Walker, in Shoreline, WA.

Disputes over commercial service charges are increasing in number each year. The inherent conflict of interest between landlords and tenants has led it to be a heavily litigated area with recent cases being of concern for both parties.This book aims to provide an introduction to commercial service charge with an overview of the matters that need to be considered when dealing with service charge disputes. It provides insight into the application of the Service Charge Code as well as reviewing what should be included within a service charge clause both to ensure recovery of sums due and avoid disputes. It seeks to serve as a useful initial reference guide for surveyors and solicitors alike and encompasses an overview of relevant case law to assist both with drafting service charge clauses and in dealing with disputes.ABOUT THE AUTHORRachel Garton is a consultant solicitor for Nexa Law, specialising in property dispute resolution.Her work comprises of all areas of commercial and residential property litigation and landlord and tenant matters, including: tenants right to first refusal, residential leasehold enfranchisement, service charges, lease renewal litigation, commercial and residential possession proceedings and debt recovery.She has a niche specialism in service charge disputes and has dealt with numerous service charge disputes from commercial and residential clients over the last 15 years as well as delivering a number of seminars on this topic for MBL Seminars.CONTENTSPart One - General Principles Applicable to Service ChargesChapter One - the Construction of the Service Charge ClauseChapter Two - Sinking or Reserve FundsChapter Three - the Court's Interpretation of a Service Charge ClauseChapter Four - Complying With the Mechanics of a Service Charge ClauseChapter Five - Factors Applicable to Both Commercial and Residential Property in Considering if Service Charges Are PayablePart Two - Principles Applicable to Commercial Service ChargesChapter Six - Factors to Consider in Determining Whether Commercial Service Charges Claimed Are Payable Under the LeaseChapter Seven - the Impact of the Service Charge Code: Professional StatementPart Three - Miscellaneous Points to ConsiderChapter Eight - Tax and IndexationChapter Nine - Mixed Use PremisesChapter Ten - Variations to the Lease Terms and Changes in Identity of the PartiesPart Four - Disputes and RemediesChapter Eleven - Alternative Dispute ResolutionChapter Twelve - Application for a DeclarationChapter Thirteen - Tenant's Remedies for Non-Performance of the Landlord's ObligationsChapter Fourteen - Landlord's Remedies for Non-Payment of Service ChargesChapter Fifteen - Legal CostsChapter Sixteen - Summary

A new and innovative examination of the conduct of Roman long-distance trade in its social and legal context Bringing together specialists in ancient history, archaeology and Roman law, this book provides new perspectives on long-distance trade in the Roman world. Recent archaeological work has shown that maritime trade across the Mediterranean intensified greatly at the same time as the Roman state was extending its power overseas. This book explores aspects of this development and its relationship with changes in the legal and institutional apparatus that supported maritime commerce. It analyses the socio-legal framework within which maritime trade was conducted, and in doing so presents a new understanding of the role played by legal and social institutions in the economy of the Roman world. Chapters cover: Roman maritime trade, the influence of commercial considerations on navigational decision making, Roman legal responses to the threat of piracy, the conduct of Roman maritime trade from a socio-legal perspective, the role of written documentation in the transport process, maritime finance and the insights provided by the juristic interpretation of contracts of carriage-by-sea into aspects of Roman private law. Peter Candy is a Fellow in Roman Law and European Legal History at the University of Edinburgh. Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and Research Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Kollegium in Münster, Germany.