Pollution at Sea: Law and Liability

Subjects:

Shipping, Transport and Maritime Law

Contents:

PART 1- VARIOUS LIABILITY REGIMES: INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL

Chapter 1- Mr Patrick Griggs CBE, Past President of CMI, UK - “Torrey Canyon”, 45 Years on – Have We Solved All the Problems?

Chapter 2- Mr Colin de la Rue, Partner, Ince & Co, London, UK Liability for Pollution from Ships Bunkers

Chapter 3- Mr Mans Jacobbson, Former Director, International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds, Sweden - The HNS Convention and Its 2010 Protocol

Chapter 4- Professor Baris Soyer, Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, UK - Compensation for Pollution Damage Resulting from Exploration for and Exploitation of Seabed Mineral Resources

Chapter 5- Mr Charles B. Anderson, Skuld North America, USA - Proposals for Legislative Reform Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Chapter 6- Simon Rainey QC, Barrister Quadrant Chambers, London, UK - “To the Great Damage and Common Nuisance of All Liege Subjects of Our Lady the Queen”: Oil Pollution Claims and Public Nuisance

Chapter 7- Mr Luc Grelett, Partner, Reed Smith, Paris, France - Avoiding International Legal Regimes- The Erika Experience

Chapter 8- Mr Henrik Ringbom, Head of Unit, Marine Environment, Training and Statistics, at the European Maritime Safety Agency, Portugal - Maritime Liability and Compensation in EU Law

PART 2- POLLUTION LIABILITIES AND THIRD PARTIES

Chapter 9- Mr Archie Bishop, Holman Fenwick Willan, London, UK - Environmental Salvage- Time for A Change?

Chapter 10- Mr Luke Readman, Retired Chairman, Thomas Miller Ltd, UK - Recent Developments in P&I Cover for Pollution: Terrorism, Piracy and Sanctions

Chapter 11- Professor Richard Williams, Member of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, UK - The Liability of Charterers for Marine Pollution

Chapter 12- Professor Andrew Tettenborn, Member of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, UK Marine Pollution - Unorthodox Suits and Unorthodox Defendants

PART 3- PUBLIC LAW ASPECTS

Chapter 13- Mr Simon Baughen, Reader in Law, University of Bristol, UK - Maritime Pollution and State Liability

Chapter 14- Professor Marc Huybrechts, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Antwerp and University of Leuven, Belgium - Whatever Happened to European Directive 2005/35/EC? Europe's Ambivalent Approach to the Fight against Marine Pollution and its Consequences for Seafarers

Chapter 15- Dr Oya Ozcayir, Maritime Consultant and Member of the Izmir Bar, Turkey - Impact of Port State Control on Pollution at Sea

A sharp, impeccably informed and thoroughly practical guide to contemporary and developing issues relating to sea pollution, prepared by leading academics and practitioners with everyday hands-on experience.

This book homes in on a number of the vital private law issues – compensation, insurance, contract and tort – thrown up by contemporary developments in the law of pollution. The book also intends to offer a critical analysis on emerging public law concepts, such as the legal position of seafarers from the perspective of criminal law in cases of pollution and the impact of port state control as a pollution control mechanism.

As a result, it is a perfect complement to general works such as Informa's magisterial Shipping and the Environment, by Colin de la Rue and Charles Anderson.

• The book focuses on a number of the vital developments in the law of pollution at sea, including; compensation, insurance, contract and tort.
• The book also offers critical analysis on emerging public law concepts, such as the legal position of seafarers from the perspective of criminal law in cases of pollution and the impact of port state control as a pollution control mechanism.