cargo-claim-checklisted

# Cargo Claim Check — Regime, Time-Bar, Forum Config gate: client-interest profile. Output = attorney-review claim plan. ## Regime selector | Leg | Instrument | Core rule | |---|---|---| | Sea (outbound BD B/L) | COGSA 1925 (Hague Rules schedule) | Art. III r.6 — suit within ONE YEAR of delivery/due delivery; unit limitation `[verify gold-value practice]` | | Sea (charterparty) | contract + arbitration clause | incorporate-by-reference traps | | Inland waterways | Inland Shipping Ordinance 1976 | carrier licensing, limitation funds | | Road | Carriers Act 1865 + সড়ক পরিবহন আইন ২০১৮ | common-carrier strict liability (1865) + notice-before-suit | | Rail | Railways Act 1890 | ss.72+ responsibility regime; notice u/s 140 | | Multimodal | B/L terms + network rules | identify the contracting vs performing carrier | ## Procedure 1. Document set: B/L (original? straight? seaway), survey reports, outturn/short-landing certificates (port authority), NORs, mate's receipts. 2. **Time-bar table first** — COGSA 1-year, Limitation Act 1908 residuals, notice prerequisites (Railways/Carriers) — double-compute and diary. 3. Liability theory + defences (perils exceptions, unseaworthiness rebuttal, deviation). 4. Security: Admiralty Court Act 2000 arrest in rem at Chattogram anchorage practice — arrest checklist (claim class, ownership proof, undertaking) — always senior-gated. 5. Quantum: invoice value vs limitation caps; salvage/GA interplay if declared. 6. Forum/ADR: Admiralty (