The problem of maritime cross-border insolvency has risen to prominence in recent years with the global financial crisis and the current declining shipping market. The tensions and inconsistencies in the way in which maritime cross-border insolvency scenarios have been dealt with by the courts of different countries have given rise to significant debates and need to be addressed urgently. In order to promote international trade and the shipping market, both debtors and maritime (and indeed non-maritime) creditors need certainty and predictability. The project is expected to lead to a book publication.

Journal Article

• “Maritime Cross-Border Insolvency in China” (2020) 29 International Insolvency Review 118–137

Books

• Maritime Cross-Border Insolvency under the UNCITRAL Model Law Regime: Commonwealth and US Perspectives (Hart Publishing, 2020), 248pp

Working paper

• “Maritime Cross-Border Insolvency in China“, (2019) CML Working Paper Series, CML-WPS-1904

Presentations

• “The Law Applicable to the Arbitration Agreement: Discerning Party Autonomy Through the Muddy Water”, CML Lunch Seminar Series, 9 September 2020
• “Finance Lease of Ships in Bankruptcy: True Lease or Disguised Security Interest?”, CML Lunch Seminar Series, 28 January 2020
• “Forum Shopping and the Shift of COMI”, CML Lunch Seminar Series, 23 October 2019
• “Maritime Cross-Border Insolvency in China”, CML Lunch Seminar Series, 20 March 2019
• “Ship Arrest and the Hanjin Bankruptcy: Lessons for Ship Management”, Maritime Management, Organisation and Liability Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 26-27 November 2018
• “Insolvency Forum Shopping as A Means of Management”, CML Lunch Seminar Series, 13 November 2018
• “Shelter in the Storm: Interpleader Proceedings as Protection for Owners in the Wake of the OW Bunker Bankruptcy”, International Conference on Cross-Border Insolvency and Maritime Matters, Hong Kong, China, 21-22 November 2017

This project has concluded.