Admiralty Law

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• display clarity and objectivity in written discussion.
• apply Admiralty principles, with appropriate legal authorities, in the solution of complex practical problems involving multiple regimes of liability;
• identify key legal and policy issues in their commercial, safety and environmental contexts;
• analyse relevant legal materials, including international conventions, statutes, case law and standard form maritime contracts;
• draft legal advice based upon such problems;
• critically appraise and offer solutions in existing areas of debate in U.K. and international maritime law;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• think critically in relation to policy issues;
• plan and manage your studying.
• identify and locate relevant legal materials, including international conventions, statutes, case law and standard form maritime contracts;

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the main commercial, safety and environmental policies and values underpinning Admiralty Law;
• the main principles which govern Admiralty liabilities, including: -salvage and collision liabilities -carriage of passengers, -towage and dock liabilities -marine pollution liabilities -limitation of liability -the scope of contractual rights and obligations;
• the existing areas of debate about what the law is and what it ought to be, both in U.K. and internationally.

Introduction to Admiralty law

The International Salvage Convention 1989

Salvage Contracts

Collision liabilities

Towage contracts

Liability for the carriage of passengers

Liability for marine pollution

Limitation of liability

Ship Arrest

Actions in rem and in personam

Maritime Liens

Freezing injunctions

Jurisdictional disputes

Teaching will be by one two hour seminar per week. Seminars will develop:

• the structure of the subject and the presently applicable principles and policies
• about the major controversies and problems existing in relation to the interpretation of the legal provisions
• draft legal instruments which are expected to change the law applicable

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Essay

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Feedback forms will be provided within 2 weeks of submission. This does not count towards their mark.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.