We are pleased to bring together leading experts to examine new liabilities and risk allocation in an era of disruption.

The Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (www.swan.ac.uk/law/istl) is delighted to present yet another expert international forum, this time examining the impact of ongoing transitions in shipping law and practice. The Colloquium will be held, as ever, at Swansea University and will bring together leading academics and industry professionals for engaging and authoritative discussion. We hope the programme we have assembled will interest not only lawyers, practitioners, and operators, but also for those working in finance and insurance (particularly maritime liability), and academics.

We are grateful to Informa Law from Routledge for sponsoring this event.

PROGRAMME

Shipping law must always evolve to reflect changing trading and technological practices. All this tests and often disrupts traditional doctrines, sometimes producing unexpected results. While pursuing commercial certainty remains a common objective for participants and courts, recent years have also seen growing regulatory intervention and imposition of policies that perceptibly constrain freedom of contract. Shipping law is, in short, undergoing a period of transition.

This Colloquium will examine how this transition affects carriage, sale, and insurance contracts, as well as liability regimes, including limitations of liability. Discussions will as ever span the national, international, and EU implications, and as always will be led by panels of top professionals and academics.

The topics discussed are very varied. They will however, include the following:

Deviation and modern developments

Dangerous and misdeclared Cargoes

Misdelivery, liability and indemnities

Shipping arrangements, including non-mainstream ones such as booking notes and slot charters

State interventions on vessels and private Law

Role of ITLOS in state interventions

Bareboat charters and their liability

Nuclear energy in shipping

Pollution and new fuel technologies

UK Emissions Trading scheme and FUEL EU Maritime

Drafting Measures that may be adopted to mitigate the consequences of Regulations concerning Decabonization

Funding of green shipping projects under European schemes

Insurance and knock-for-knock under stress

Cyber and war exclusions in marine and war risks policies

Geopolitical tensions and naval warfare- impacts on trade, seafarers, and owners

Limitation -- recent developments and jurisdictional differences

Insurance and sanctions compliance

We are delighted to welcome the following confirmed speakers and chairpersons:

James Addison, Claims Director, Offshore & Renewables, NorthStandard

Dr Lia Amaxilati, Senior Legal Advisor, International Chamber of Shipping

Professor Lia I. Athanassiou, Professor -Athens University, School of Law, Co-founder and partner at ATHANASSIOU-GERAPETRITIS [Suspended – Minister for Foreign Affairs] & Associates

Hon. Mr. Justice Andrew Baker,Admiralty Judge, High Court of England and Wales

Professor Simon Baughen, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (IISTL), Swansea University

Michael Biltoo, Partner at DWF Law LLP

Professor Olivier Cachard, Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Law of Nancy-Université de Lorraine

Natalie Campbell, Fleet Manager, Britannia P&I

Nigel Cooper KC, Barrister, Quadrant Chambers

Alexandra Couvadelli, Vice President, Gard(UK) Limited

Josephine Davies KC, Barrister, Twenty Essex

Rachel Hoyland, Of Counsel, Stephenson Harwood

Mr. Mohiuddin Abdul Kadir, President of MCLaw Services, Bangladesh

Lucy Keane, Barrister, Normanton Chambers

Monica Kohli,OBE, Senior Lawyer, Gard(UK) Limited

Keith Krut, Partner, Hannaford Turner LLP

Professor George Leloudas, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (IISTL), Swansea University

Simon Rainey KC, Barrister, Quadrant Chambers

Joanne Sharma, Head of Americas Claims, Steamship Mutual

Professor Barış Soyer, Director, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (IISTL), Swansea University

Professor Andrew Tettenborn, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (IISTL), Swansea University

Elizabeth Turnbull, Partner, Preston Turnbull LLP

David Walsh KC, Barrister, Essex Court Chambers

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