Description

Shipping is and will remain central to international trade, in which Singapore and the UK have a shared interest. Challenges and questions will arise from technology and AI – the industry and shipping lawyers must shape the resulting changes. So too, environmental issues may well loom large. While in the salvage area continued pressure on the traditional LOF salvage agreement may be anticipated, shipping law more generally will evolve in keeping with traditional common law methodology. Cooperation and sharing of best practice between Courts internationally is an exciting and necessary development, exemplified by the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts (‘SIFoCC’). Though a mature industry, shipping will continue to produce novel disputes of importance to the industry and the law more generally. Amidst constant change, underlying realities, values and know-how must be preserved.

About The Speaker

Lord Justice Gross is a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Lead Judge for International Relations. He graduated from the University of Cape Town (BBusSc, MBusSc) and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oriel College, Oxford, graduating BA (later MA) and BCL and awarded the Eldon Scholarship. He was called to the Bar in 1977 (Gray’s Inn), taking silk in 1992. Lord Justice Gross was appointed a Recorder in 1995 and a Deputy High Court judge in 1999. In 2001, he was appointed to the High Court and was assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division. He served as Presiding Judge on the South East Circuit from 2005 to 2008, and headed the Commercial Court from 2009 to 2010. On 9 July 2010, Lord Justice Gross became a Lord Justice of Appeal and was appointed to the Privy Council in 2011. He became Deputy Senior Presiding Judge on 3 October 2011 and was Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2015.

Who Should Attend

Shipping lawyers and in-house counsel working in the maritime industry, ship owners, freight forwarders, charterers, forwarders, marine insurers.