Emeritus Professor of Maritime Law
Founding Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law

Recent Publications

Books

Ed., The Carriage Of Goods By Sea Under The Rotterdam Rules, Lloyd's List 2010, London (xxxvii and 421).

Ed., Modern Law of Marine Insurance, Volume 3, Informa 2009.

Ed., A New Convention for the Carriage of Goods by Sea-The Rotterdam Rules, 2009, Lawtext, xxxv and 396 pp.

Ed., The Evolving Law and Practice of Voyage Charterparties, Informa 2009, xxxvii and 432 pp.  

Ed., Legal Issues Relating to Time Charterparties, Informa 2008, xl and 378 pp.

Ed., Liability Regimes in Contemporary Maritime Law, Informa 2007, xxxii and 542 pp.

Ed., Marine Insurance: The Law in Transition, Informa 2006, xxx and 357pp.

Ed., The Modern Law of Marine Insurance, Volume 2, LLP 2002, lxviii and 460pp.

Articles and Chapters Contributions

'Special liability regimes under the international conventions for the carriage of goods by sea - dangerous cargo and deck cargo' [2010] Dutch Journal of Commercial Law (Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Handchrecht [NTHR]) 197 - 202.

All Scritti in Onore di Francesco Berlingieri ( Ed. Georgio Berlingieri et al),'The Carriage of Dangerous Cargo by Sea - A Modern Day Legal Conundrum,'Vol II, pp. 1042 - 1065 (Il Diritto Marittimo, 2010).

‘The Position of Shippers under the Rotterdam Rules' (2010) 2 European Journal of Commercial Contract Law, 22 – 27

'The Emergence and Application of the Rotterdam Rules' published as Chapter 1 in The Carriage Of Goods By Sea Under The Rotterdam Rules (Lloyd's List 2010), p.1-25.

England Law Reports Annual Review 2009, Part 23, Shipping Law, pp 407 - 428.

'An analysis of the Liability Regime of Carriers and Maritime Performing Parties" published as Chapter 3 in A New Convention for the Carriage of Goods by Sea-The Rotterdam Rules (2009 Lawtext), pp. 52-88.

'The evolving flexibility of Voyage Charterparties' published as Chapter 1 in The Evolving Law and Practice of Voyage Charterparties (2009, Informa) pp 1-33.

'Time Charterparty Hire: Issues Relating to Contractual Remedies for Default and Off-Hire Clauses' published as Chapter 7 in Legal Issues Relating to Time Charterparties, (2008, Informa), pp 115-150.

'An appraisal of the Liability Regime established under the new UN Convention' 14 Journal of International Maritime Law  pp 496-511(2008).

'Damages for Wrongful Arrest of Ships in the English Admiralty Jurisdiction' published as Chapter 13 in Liability Regimes in Contemporary Maritime Law (2007, Informa), pp 233-253.

'Ship Arrest as a Procedural Remedy for Ship-Source Environmental Damage', in XXV Annuaire de Droit Maritime et Oceanique, pp. 311-323 (2007).

'Insurable Interest: Accelerating the Liberal Spirit' , in Thomas (ed), Marine Insurance: The Law in Transition, (Informa 2006), pp.15-47

'Fraudulent Insurance Claims: Questions of Legal Definition, Consequences and Limitations”, [2006] Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quaterly , pp. 485-516.

'The Safe Port Promise of Charterers from the perspective of the English Common Law' 18 Singapore Academy Law Journal , pp. 1-33 (2006).

'Procuring Insurance for the Benefit of Buyers under International Sale Contracts' 8 The Vindobona Journal of international Commercial Law and Arbitration, 119-130 (2004).

'Insuring the Risk of Maritime Piracy' (2004) Journal of International Maritime Law p 355.

'Insuring Marine Risks on 'Lost or Not Lost' Terms' (2003) Journal of International Maritime Law p 556.

'Held Covered Clauses in Marine Insurance', in Thomas (ed) The Modern Law of Marine Insurance, Volume 2, LLP 2002, pp 1 - 55.

Relevant Activities

• Member of Departmental Advisory Committee on Arbitration Law which formulated the Arbitration Act 1996 and accompanying Reports.
• Member of British Maritime Law Association and Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Ship Mortgages and Ship Arrest, and member of the Committee on Marine Insurance.
• Member of DETR Advisory Committee on the International Convention on Arrest of Ships 1999.
• Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, British Insurance Law Association and Society of Legal Scholars.
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International Maritime Law
• Editor, Arbitration International
• Editorial Board Member of Shipping and Trade Law and Baltic Maritime Law Quarterly.
• Advisor to Department of Constitutional Affairs on European Private International Law
• Advisor to China Symposium on Maritime Law

Recent Phd Supervisions

• Classification Societies.
• Marine insurance-Insurance of Saving Risks.

I would welcome proposals or enquiries for research in the areas of Shipping Law, Admiralty Law, International Trade and Payment Systems and Marine or other categories of Insurance.