Dr Lia Amaxilati

Research Highlights

1. Amaxilati, L. (2021). The human element in autonomous shipping. In Baris Soyer Andrew Tettenborn (Ed.), Disruptive Technologies, Climate Change and Shipping (pp. 114-126). Informa Law from Routledge

   https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003155195-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59841
2. Amaxilati, L. (2020). The Legal Rights of Seafarers to Health Protection Measures during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Journal of International Maritime Law, 26(4), 253-266.

   SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55570

All Research

• LA-122A Fundamental Principles of Tort Law

  This module will be available only for visiting exchange students from Chinese partner universities.

• LAMM01 Admiralty Law

  Admiralty Law is offered as a one-year LLM subject and is commonly taken alongside other maritime options, such as Charterparties: Law and Practice, Law of the Sea, Oil and Gas Law and Marine Insurance Law. However, there is little direct intellectual interaction between the current module on Admiralty Law and other maritime modules. Thus, the course may be of particular interest to students enrolled both on the specific programme of International Maritime Law, as well as the International Commercial and Maritime Law. This course concerns a practical aspect of maritime law which was developed by the Admiralty Court in England, and which has influenced many countries in the world. The aim of the course is to provide students with a practical and critical knowledge of those aspects of maritime law relating to the running of the ship. The course is essentially in two parts. Part one deals with substantive areas of maritime law, such as the law of collisions, harbour law, pilotage, salvage, towage, general average, seafarer¿s rights, and carriage of passengers. Part two focuses on enforcement of maritime claims through the practice and procedure of the Admiralty Court, including ship arrest, jurisdiction, maritime liens, statutory liens, and limitation of liability. Although we shall analyse relevant legal concepts from the perspective of English law, the true international character of the course will rapidly become apparent. Many aspects of maritime law have been regulated by international conventions, i.e. the Convention Relating to the Arrest of Sea Going Ships 1952; the International Convention on Salvage 1989; International Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976. This would inevitably mean that rules and problems encountered will be similar in various jurisdictions. For example, rules on salvage will be identical in England/Wales; Canada; China; France; Greece; Germany; India; Italy; Nigeria; Norway; Turkey, as all these countries have implemented the provisions of the Salvage Convention 1989 into their legal system either by accession or ratification.

• LAMM02 Charterparties: Law and Practice

  This is a module designed to give an insight into both the legal and commercial relevance of charterparties. The lectures will consider the legal principles which are relevant in relation to charterparties generally and also in relation to specific types of charter and will consider how such principles are evolving in response to market pressures. The module will also look at the relationship between charterparties and the other common contracts relating to the use of a ship and the carriage of goods.

• LLM Exams Coordinator, School of Law

  2019 - Present

• Tutor, University of Southampton

  2015 - 2017

• Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London

  2018 - 2019