KEY TOPICS

Charterparties
Incorporation of the Hague-Visby Rules; fixing charterparties; fixtures 'sub details'; safe ports; dangerous goods; seaworthiness; classification; delivery and redelivery; hire; freight, laytime and demurrage; liens.

Shipping Documents In International Trade
The tender of shipping documents under cif and fob contracts; to banks under letters of credit; endorsing the bill of lading to on-buyers; the UCP 600; Incoterms® 2010 .

Cargo Claims
Bill of lading and other shipping documents; the Inter-Club NYPE Agreement 2011; the terms of the carriage contract; common bill of lading clauses; charterparty bills of lading; title to sue; identity of the carrier; Hague and Hague- Visby Rules; the bill as a receipt; clausing of bills; the Rotterdam Rules.

The Vessel and Liabilities: Collision and Marine Casualties
Principles of liability; passenger claims under the Athens Convention 1974/2002; limitation of liability under the 1976 Limitation Convention and the 1996 Protocol.

Salvage, Towage and Wreck
1989 Salvage Convention; the Lloyd’s Standard Form of Salvage Agreement; environmental claims and expenses; “ SCOPIC’ clause; towage liabilities; standard towing conditions; wreck liabilities, wreck removal and the Wreck Removal Convention 2007.

Pollution Claims
Pollution liabilities; International Conventions (CLC and Fund Convention 1992), Supplementary Protocol 2003; Systems of limitation; pollution and clean- up practice; the Bunker Pollution Convention 2001. the HNS Convention.

Marine Insurance
Placing marine insurance; warranties; utmost good faith; fraudulent claims; cargo insurance; hull insurance; insurance of shipowners' liabilities by P&l Clubs; claims.

Enforcing Maritime Claims
The law applicable to maritime claims; obtaining security; arrest and freezing orders; maritime liens; jurisdiction on the merits; choice of jurisdiction; the EC Regulation 44/2001 on Jurisdiction; anti-suit injunctions.

The Institute of Maritime Law reserves the right to alter the course programme and speakers as may become necessary

 COURSE TIMETABLE

Day Nine - 24 May 2012, Thursday
9.30 am
Session 48
P & I Clubs

The history and development of P&I Clubs; the structure and management of a P&I Club; the International Group of P&I Clubs; the payment of a large claim: Cover unlimited or limited? Conditions, regulations, directions and discretion; Disputes; Direct action and its consequences; Club guarantees; FD&D (Defence) cover.
Professor Robert Merkin
10.30 am
Coffee
 
10.45 am
Session 49
Maritime Liens and action in rem
Admiralty Jurisdiction of the Courts. The action in rem. Maritime Liens. Claims for which a ship can be arrested.

Professor Mikis Tsimplis
11.45 am
Break
 
12.00 pm
Session 50
Statutory liens, sister-ship arrest and the International Framework
The Arrest Conventions 1952 and 1999.

Professor Mikis Tsimplis
1.00 pm
Lunch  
2.00 pm
Session 51
Choice of law and Jurisdiction
The Law Applicable to Maritime Contracts

How is the law applicable to bills of lading, charterparties, sale contracts and marine insurance contracts etc, determined. The Rome Convention and its exceptions. Mandatory rules.
Professor Robert Merkin
3.00 pm
Break  
3.15 pm
Session 52
Choice of law and Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction on the Merits: Valid Choice of Jurisdiction

If neither the EC Regulation nor the EC Jurisdiction nor Lugano Conventions apply, what is the national law? Part 6.20 of the Civil Procedure Rules, forum non conveniens. If there is no valid choice of jurisdiction how do the English courts work out jurisdiction on the merits. The effect of the EC Regulation. The impact of other maritime conventions e.g. the Arrest Convention, the Athens Convention, the Hamburg Rules etc.

Professor Mikis Tsimplis
4.15 pm
Break  
4.30 pm
Session 53
Law and Jurisdiction Case Study
7.00 pm
Farewell Course Dinner
     
Day Ten - 25 May 2012, Friday
9.30 am
Session 53
Arbitration I
Professor Robert Merkin
10.30 am
Coffee
 
10.45 am
Session 54
Arbitration II
Professor Robert Merkin
11.45 am
Break
 
12.00 pm
Session 55
Arbitration Case Study

Professor Robert Merkin
1.00 pm
Lunch  
2.00 pm
Session 56
Obtaining Security for the Claim: Freezing Orders

Jurisdiction for freezing orders. Historical development. Comparison with Arrest.
Professor Mikis Tsimplis
3.00 pm
Break  
3.15 pm
Session 57
Anti-suit Injunctions
Professor Mikis Tsimplis
4.15 pm
Break  
4.30 pm
Session 58
Choice of law and Jurisdiction Case Study – Plenary session
Professor Mikis Tsimplis

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