Professor of Commercial Law

Recent Publications

Books
Clerk & Lindsell on Torts (part editor, 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20 ed)
Marsden on Collisions at Sea (12-14 ed and continuing, part editor)
The Law of Damages (Butterworths Common Law Series) (2003, e-edition 2006 and forthcoming 2010) (with David Wilby QC)).
Fleming on Torts (7 ed in production, ed of 2 chapters)

Book Chapters

Problems in Assignment Law, in Contract Formation and Parties (ed Burrows & Peel) (OUP 2010)
Frustration in Voyage Charters, in Legal Issues Related to Voyage Charterparties, ed Thomas, Ch 16 (2009).
Assignments, Trusts, Property and Obligations, in Exploring Contract Law, ed Neyers, Hart, 2009, Ch 11.
What is a Loss? In Neyers (ed), Emerging Issues in Tort Law (2007), ch 17.
The liabilities of Classification Societies – more awkward than it looks? in Liability Regimes in Contemporary Maritime Law, ed Thomas, Ch 7 (2007)
Assignees of Hire – How far can they ignore charterers' claims against owners? in Legal Issues Related to Time Charterparties, ed Thomas, Ch 8 (2008).
Restitution of property you do not own anyway in New Perspectives on Property Law, etc, ed Hudson, Cavendish, 2003).

Articles
Consequential Damages in Contract—The Poor Relation?, Loyola of Law Review, vol. 42, 2009, 101-119
What it's Worth to do your Best, Pace Law Review, vol. 28, 297-314 (2008)
Assignment of rights to compensation, Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, vol. 2007, no. 3, 2007, 392-408
Hadley v Baxendale foreseeability: A principle beyond its sell-by date?, Journal of Contract Law, vol. 23, 2007, 120-147
Professional negligence: can you owe a duty to the dead? [2005] Conv 288
Property Damage and Economic Loss: Should Claims by Property Owners Themselves be Limited?, Common Law World Review, vol. 34, 2005, 128-143
Punitive damages - the view from England, San Diego Law Review, vol. 41, no. 4, 2004, 1551-1573
Non-Pecuniary Loss: the Right Answer but Bad Reasoning?, Journal of Obligations and Remedies, vol. 2, 2003, 94-107
Subsisting Contracts and Failure of Consideration: a Little Scepticism, Restitution Law Review, vol. 10, 2002, 1-8
Assignees, Equities and Cross-Claims: Principle and Confusion, Lloyds' Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, vol. 2002, no. 4, 2002, 485-497

 

Papers

On assignment, unassignable obligations and anti-assignment clauses, Oxford Norton Rose Colloquium 2009.
On frustration and voyage charters, at Maritime Law Conference, Swansea, September 2008
On contracts, assignments and trusts, at Contract Law conference, UWO, London, On, Canada, January 2008
On best efforts obligations, at Contracts Conference, Pace Law School, White Plains, NY, USA, November 2007
On punitive damages in contract, at Contracts Conference, Fort Worth, Tx, USA, July 2006
On damages for non-economic loss, Southeastern Ass’n of Law schools, Charleston, SC, USA, Aug 2004.
On Hadley v Baxendale as a damages doctrine, AALS Contracts section conference on Hadley v Baxendale, Gloucester, July 2004
On punitive damages, Remedies Discussion Forum, Louisville, Ky, USA, Nov 2003

 
Relevant Activities

Editor-in-chief, Professional Negligence Law Reports
Editorial Board, Lloyd's Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly

 

Recent PhD Supervisions

Professor Tettenborn has supervised PhD students in maritime securities; in carriage by sea; and in international trade.   

"I am interested in nearly all aspects of private and commercial law".