Highlights
CML Working Paper: Sanctions: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Justice Steven Chong
CML congratulates the Honourable Justice Steven Chong on the publication of Sanctions: Between a Rock and a Hard Place. Sanctions have been tied to the world of shipping and international trade since at least the time of Ancient Greece. In recent years, however, sanctions have been brought back to the forefront of the shipping industry with the imposition of new sanctions regimes by the US, UK and EU, among others, which are complicated, overlapping, possibly conflicting, and especially punishing if one is found to be in breach.
Carver on Charterparties (3rd edn)
CML congratulates Professor Stephen Girvin on the publication of Carver on Charterparties, 3rd edition. This edition builds upon the thematic synthesis and analysis in this fundamental area of shipping law, and covers a number of major cases since the second edition, including: Unicredit Bank AG v Euronav NV (The Sienna) [2023] EWCA Civ 471 ; Alize 1954 v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG (The CMA CGM Libra) [2021] UKSC 51; Gravelor Shipping Ltd v GTLK Asia M5 Ltd [2023] EWHC 131 (Comm); SK Shipping PLC v Capital VLCC 3 Corp (The C Challenger) [2020] EWHC 3448 (Comm) and more.
CML CMI Database hits 2,500 Maritime Law Cases
The Centre for Maritime Law (CML) is pleased to announced that the CML CMI Database, Judicial Decisions on International Conventions, now contains over 2,500 maritime law decisions. According to Google Analytics, the database has helped just over 118,000 users from all around the world, in well over 160,000 individual sessions. We are pleased to share that our reach is truly international, with readers from every continent.
CML Working Paper: Co-insured’s subrogation immunity – how to express and what to express in the underlying contract by Prof Özlem Gürses
CML congratulates Ozlem on publishing the working paper on 'Co-insured's subrogation immunity - how to express and what to express in the underlying contract'. Co-insurance is common in the construction industry. However, as the case law illuminates clearly, it has caused significant complexities and perhaps surprising outcomes for the defendant co-insureds. Whilst the law appears by no means to be clear and certain, it is suggested that the balance is shifting towards the underlying contract in which the parties' intention and authority would be found firstly as to the identity of the parties to be co-insured and secondly the scope of the cover to be obtained under the co-insurance policy.
CML hosts the 6th MLAS Mooting Competition
CML was pleased to host the finals of the 6th MLAS Maritime Association of Singapore (MLAS) Maritime Mooting Competition at the Wee Chong Jin Moot Court, NUS Law, on 25 January 2024. Both finalists, Jerome Tan Jun Wei and Natalie Rae-Fern Koh were from NUS Law. They represented the shipowner and charterer respectively in a fictional cargo claim. CML congratulates Natalie Koh for winning the top prize of a 2-week internship (including accommodation and return air tickets) with 7KBW London and a cash prize of S$2,500. CML also congratulates Jerome Tan for winning the first runner-up prize of S$1,500.
