Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law

Director of Taught Masters Degrees

Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law

Recent Publications (since 2001)

Books

Ed., Pollution at Sea: Law and Liability, (2012) Lloyd’s List, forthcoming (with Professor Andrew Tettenborn)

Ed., Reforming Marine and Commercial Insurance Law, (2008), pp. 288, Informa International

Warranties in Marine Insurance (2nd edn.), (2006), pp 312, Routledge Publishing

Warranties in Marine Insurance, 438 pp+ lviii (2001), Routledge Publishing.

Articles and Chapter Contributions

‘A New International Regime for Carriage of Goods by Sea: Contemporary, Certain, Inclusive, and Efficient, or Just Another One for the Shelves?" to be published in 30 Berkeley Journal of International Law 2012 (25,000 words) (with Dr T. Nikaki).

'Compensation for Pollution Damage Resulting from Exploration for and Exploitation of Seabed Mineral Resources’ to be published as Chapter 6 in Pollution at Sea: Law and Liability (Lloyd’s List 2012) (15,000 words).

‘Funds’ Admissibility Criteria for Pure Economic Loss Claims v. British Judicial Stand: Complementary or Contradictory?’ published as Chapter 6 in Maritime Pollution Liability and Policy: China, Europe and the US (2011, Kluwer Publication) pp. 97-109.  

‘Coverage against Unlawful Acts in Contemporary Marine Policies’ published as Chapter 7 in Modern Law of Marine Insurance (Volume 3), (2010, Informa International) pp 149-176

 ‘Ship-sourced Oil Pollution and Pure Economic Loss’ (2009) 17 Torts Law Journal pp 270-294   

“Warranties in Commercial Insurance Contracts- Is the Time Ripe for a Reconsideration of Their Contractual Status?” (2009) Journal of Contract Law, pp. 168-186.

"Reforming Pre-Contractual Information Duties in Business Insurance Contracts: One Reform too Many?” (2009) Journal of Business Law  pp. 15- 43.
‘Reforming Insurance Warranties- Are We Finally Moving Forward?’, published as Chapter 7 in Reforming Marine and Commercial Insurance Law, (2008, Informa International) pp 127-154.  

"Reforming the Assured's Pre-Contractual Duty of Utmost Good Faith in Insurance Contracts for Consumers: Are the Law Commissions on the Right Track?" (2008) Journal of Business Law pp 385-414

"Construing Terms in Time Charterparties-Beginning of a New Era or Business as Usual?" published as Chapter 2 in Legal issues Relating to Time Charterparties (2008, Informa), pp. 17-42.

'Marine Insurance' published as Chapter 7 in Practical Insurance Guides: Insurance Law (2007, Informa), pp. 213-244 (Edited by Professor Robert Merkin).

'Liability of tour operators: cruising in muddy waters' (2007) Journal of International Maritime Law pp. 194-205.

'Boundaries of Athens Convention: What you see is not always what you get!' published as Chapter 11 in Liability Regimes in Contemporary Maritime Law (2007, Informa), pp 183-206.

'Classification of Terms in Marine Insurance Contracts in the Context of Contemporary Developments' published as Chapter 5 in Marine Insurance: The Law in Transition (2006, Informa) pp.107-130

'Potential Legal Ramifications of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code on Maritime Law', Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, pp. 515-553, (2005) (with Richard Williams).

'A Survey of the new International Hull Clauses 2002' (2003) Journal of International Maritime Law, pp. 256-280.

'Continuing Duty of Utmost Good Faith- Still Alive?' (2003) Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, pp. 39-79.

'Marine Warranties: Old Rules for the New Millennium?', published as Chapter 5 in Modern Law of Marine Insurance Volume 2, (2002, LLP Publishing), pp. 161-197.

'Sundry Considerations on the Draft Protocol to the Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea 1974' (2002) Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, pp. 519-541.

'Drafting Problems and Legal Difficulties in Reinsurance Contracts' (2002) Journal of International Commercial Law, pp. 25-40.

'Defences Available to A Marine Insurer' (2002) Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, pp. 199-213.

'Fraudulent Claims Under Marine Policies' (2001) 8 International Maritime Law, pp. 242-246.

'Post-Contractual Duty of Utmost Good Faith in Marine Insurance Contracts: A New Perspective for the New Millennium' 8 (2001) International Maritime Law, pp. 191-198.

'The Star Sea: A Lode Star?' (2001) Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, pp. 428-445.

Papers

'Reforming Insurance Warranties- A Response to the Law Commissions’, July 2008, paper presented at the Symposium held by the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law held at Lloyd’s of London  

'Reforming Pre-Contractual Duty of Utmost Good Faith in Insurance Contracts-An Economic Perspective' September 2007, paper presented at the Canadian Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting held at Toronto University.

'Construing Terms in Time Charterparties-Beginning of a New Era or Business as Usual?' July 2007, paper submitted to the International Colloquium on Time Charterparties, organised by the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law in Swansea.

'Boundaries of the Athens Convention: what you see is not always what you get!' September 2006, paper submitted to the International Colloquium on Maritime Legal Liabilities organised by the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law in Swansea.

'Classification of Terms in Marine Insurance Contracts in the Context of Contemporary Developments', June 2005, paper submitted to the International Colloquium on Marine Insurance Law organised by the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law in Swansea.

'Recent Developments in Insurance Law' paper submitted at the International Conference on Law and Commerce organised by the International Islamic University of Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur in June 2002. 'Definition of Piracy in Marine Insurance' paper submitted at the Conference on Maritime Violence and Other Security Issues at Sea organised by the World Maritime University at Malmo in August 2002.

Relevant Activities

• Member of the Society of Legal Scholars Member of the Higher Education Academy Member of the British Insurance Law Association Member of the British Maritime Law Association Member of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law.
• Editor of the Journal of International Maritime Law Shipping and Trade Law (Editorial Board) Baltic Maritime Law Quarterly (Editorial Board).

Recent PhD Supervisions

• Seaworthiness in Carriage of Goods by Sea
• Formation of Marine Insurance Contracts
• Economic aspects of Rotterdam Rules
• Legal regimes for oil pollution concerning offshore rigs and crafts

Current Phd Students

Rui Zheng

Lunlun Zheng

Tabetha Shefford

"I would welcome proposals or enquiries in the realm of commercial and maritime law."