Books and Publications Received
| Date | 01 July 1960 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2230.1960.tb00628.x |
| Published date | 01 July 1960 |
JULY
1960
REVIEWS
475
it
is to find a sound basis for calculating what indirect losses in the way of
loss
of profits and additional expenses flow from the destruction of buildings
by fire. When one
has
read it, one has the imprkssion that the difficulties
have been faced in
a
very logical and comprehensive manner.
The business man seeking to insur‘e against consequential
loss
has to
steer
a
course between insuring too much and
so
paying an uneconomic premium
and under-insurance which too often in this class of insurance may-have the
result that he finds himself covered for
only
a
proportion
of
his actual loss.
The sum insured is based on gross profit, which
is
defined
as
net profit
together with
imured
standing charges; the key
to
the problem,
as
this book
clearly explains, is to decide just what standing charges to insure, and to
insure
at
a
figure which will fully cover these charges
as
well
as
the net profit.
Even
so
difficulties may arise unless the amount insured is constantly brought
up
to date
or
some margin of ovkr-insurance is allowed; for in applying the
average clause the sum insured is compared with
gross
profit based on the
turnover for the twelve months preceding the fire which may be very different
from the turnover when the insurance was effected.
In
deciding what standing
charges
to
insure, the most difficult problem is that of wages and this subject
is very fully dealt with in the new edition.
All
who have occasion to deal with this complex topic will find
Mr.
Riley’s
book invaluable.
JOHN
MONTOOMERIE.
Books
and
Publications
Received
HUMPHREYS’ NOTES
ON
DISTRICT REGISTRY PRACTICE
AND
PROCE-
DURE.
Supplement to 11th edition, 1958. By THOMAS
S.
HUMPRREYS.
[The Solicitors’ Law Stationery Society, Ltd.
1960.
11
pp.
2s.l
ARTIFICIAL
INSEMINATION
BY
DONOR. Two contributions to a
Christian judgment.
A
Memorandum on A.I.D. submitted in
evidence by the Archbishop
d
Canterbwy to the Departmental
Committee on Artificial Insemination, 1959. [The Church
Information Office, Church House, Westminster, S.W.l. 1960.
FACTORY
LAW. By
H.
SAMUELS. Supplement to 6th edition (to
November
1,
1959. [Stevens
&
Sons,
Ltd.
1960.
71
pp.
12s. 6d.l
THE UNITED NATIONS
EMERGENCY
FORCE.
BASIC DOCUMENTS.
A
collection prepared by
E.
Lauterpacht. [Published under the
auspices of the British Institute
of
International and Compara-
tive Law. Stevens
&
Sons, Ltd. 1960.
vi
and
49
pp. 10s.
Bound: 15s.I
EMMET
ON
TITLE.
14th edition. Second (Cumulative) Supplement
to October
31,
1959. By
J.
GILCHRIST SMITH,
LL.D.
[The
Solicitors’ Law Stationery Society, Ltd. 1959. xxx and
172 pp. 25s. net.] Second (Cumulative) Supplement to 4th
edition. By
D.
J.
LAWDAY
and
E.
J.
MA”. [Butterworth
&
Co.
(Publishers), Ltd. 1959. xii and
64
pp.
8s.
6d.
Postage 4d. extra.]
THE LAW
OF
PARLIAMENTARY
PRIVILEGE.
By the RT.
HON.
THE
VISCOUNT KILMUIR,
G.c.v.o.,
Lord High Chancellor
of
Great
Britain. [University of London: The Athlone Press. 1959.
22
pp.
3s.
6d.I
24
pp. 2s.l
GREEN’S DEATH DUTIES.
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