EDITORIAL

Third party claims against P&I Clubs in the UK

ANALYSIS OF CASES AND CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS

Applicable test of standard of care for injuries sustained abroad during shore activities under the EU Package Holiday Directive – Kellett v RCL Cruises & Ors
KATE LEWINS
Kellett v RCL Cruises & Ors [2019] IEHC 408 (Barr J),  [2020] IECA 138 (Noonan J, Haughton J, Collins J)

ARTICLES

Compensation for pure economic loss resulting from tanker oil spills (part I)
MÅNS JACOBSSON
Former Director of the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds

Compensation claims for pure economic  loss  under the CLC/Fund regime  are subject  to interpretation by the IOPC Funds and the courts of oil pollution damage from tanker spills.

Onus Probandi under the Hague-Visby Rules Article III.1 sea cargo claims: did The Volcafe alter the structure?

DAVID GIBBS-KNELLER
School of Law, University of East Anglia

The author argues that The Volcafe alters the burden of proof structure as between carrier and cargo interest, and that common law does dictate a standard requirement on the legal burden of proof under Article III.1. That requirement is on the carrier.

Force majeure clauses in New York Maritime Arbitration and ICC Rules
TAMARA ESSAYYAD
Member New York Bar, Consultant World Bank Group

Should force majeure  still be considered a defence to non-performance in international maritime arbitration or is it due for amendment, given the high threshold necessary, modern challenges and the  unpredictability of maritime  tribunals? 

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REPORTS

China’s role in the Intergovernmental Conference on marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction and  ‘The Community of Shared Destiny for Humankind’
XU JOHN ZHANG
Clayton Utz, Melbourne

INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS

IMO – The IOPC Funds: meeting of the governing bodies
(December 2020)

IMO – IMO Legal Committee – 107th Session
27 November – 1 December 2020

Patrick Griggs

BOOK REVIEW

Maritime Law in Motion
Proshanto K Mukherjee, Maximo Q Mejia Jr, Jingjing Xu (Eds)

Index of cases
Index of legislation
Index