The Law and Practice of Admiralty Matters - Hardcover

Derrington, Sarah; Turner, James M

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199282641 ISBN 13: 9780199282647

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2007

Synopsis

The Law and Practice of Admiralty Matters opens with a consideration of the scope of admiralty action as set out in the Supreme Court Act 1981. Concepts peculiar to admiralty, such as maritime and statutory liens, and peculiarities of procedure under Practice Direction 61 are covered in detail. As well as covering procedural issues for court based dispute resolution, difficult areas relating to arbitration in practice are also addressed. A distinguishing feature of this work is the extensive consideration of the case law of commonwealth jurisdictions.The comparative approach is particularly illuminating where there is an absence of clarity in English law such as in the areas of post arrest applications and the interaction between admiralty arrest and insolvency proceedings. This new work is an essential addition to the literature on this area tackling difficult areas in detail and drawing in authorities from Commonwealth jurisdictions to illuminate gaps in English law.

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About the Author:

Sarah Derrington is an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland where she teaches maritime law at undergraduate and post-graduate level and commercial law. Dr. Derrington maintains a practice at the private Bar, exclusively in shipping law and is an Associate Member of Quadrant Chambers. She is the Australian Vice-President of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand and, in 2006, was appointed by the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth to the Admiralty Rules Committee. James Turner read Law at Durham University and the University of Tübingen, where he gained a First Class Master's Degree in German Law. A member of Quadrant Chambers, he has been in practice at the Commercial and Admiralty Bars since 1992 and has appeared in a wide range of cases involving international commercial and shipping law, jurisdiction disputes and the conflicts of laws James Turner is a Member of the Inner Temple and a Member of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting. Mr Turner read Law at Durham University and subsequently obtained a First Class Masters Degree in German Law from the University of Tubingen. He has been in practice at the Commercial and Admiralty Bars for over ten years and has been involved in a wide range of cases involving international commercial and shipping law, jurisdiction disputes and conflicts of laws. Mr Turner appears regularly in the Commercial and Admiralty Courts and in Arbitration.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0199282641
• ISBN 13: 9780199282647
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 478