EDITORIAL

The proposal of the Law Commission of England and Wales for reform in the area of electronic documents
MIRIAM GOLDBY

ANALYSIS OF RECENT CASES AND CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS

Collisions at sea: COLREGS
Nautical Challenge Ltd v Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd (Alexandra 1 and Ever Smart)
[2021] UKSC 6, [2021] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 299

Right of arrest of shipbuilders
Turks Shipyard Ltd v The Owners of the Vessel ‘November’
[2020] EWHC 661 (Admlty), [2021] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 274

Bills of lading: potential liability of shippers for ‘clean on board’ description of cargo
Noble Chartering Inc v Priminds Shipping  Hong Kong Co Ltd (The Tai Prize)
[2021] EWCA 87

ARTICLES
The impact of Covid-19, facilitative mediation, early intervention, and the new visual online dispute resolution
RHYS CLIFT
Partner and Commercial Mediator,  Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP and at SeaMediation Chambers

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the rapid shift to remote working has brought a huge change in court and  business practice and in mediation, now the dominant form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), and which has over years profoundly changed the management of disputes worldwide. 

Ship-source pollution: an analytical review of correlations between UNCLOS Part XII provisions and IMO Conventions
MINNA YU
Ocean University of China Law School, 
Qingdao, China
PROSHANTO K MUKHERJEE
Dalian Maritime University Law School, China

This analysis of ship-source marine pollution compares the relevant provisions of UNCLOS with corresponding IMO Conventions and although a definitive legal framework exists the authors find there are loopholes as illustrated by the current Fukushima investigation.

Autonomous ships: from remotely operated to full autonomy – are these vessels in law?
NATALIE CAMPBELL
University of Bristol, Barrister,  Lincoln’s Inn

This article examines the definitions of maritime autonomous surface ship’ (MASS) under UNCLOS, the IMO conventions and English common law, where the question of definition is reliant on the object being capable of moving across water and being navigated. The author finds that for the sake of clarity and consistency between all national laws, UNCLOS should be redrafted to acknowledge autonomous vessels and the varying types of MASSs.

BOOK REVIEW
Bills of Lading 3rd edn
Richard Aikens, Richard Lord, Michael Bools, Michael Bolding, Kian Sing Toh, 
special contributor Miriam Goldby

Index of cases
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