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Maritime Law & Practice For Non-LawyersA comprehensive introduction to maritime & shipping law for non-lawyers, fundamental considerations in managing, conducting & regulating the shipping industry, the law of the sea, international trade by sea & the consequences of breakdown & dispute in these areas |
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Course Objectives
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Key Learning Outcomes
- Review of the international shipping and trade industry, the law of the sea and maritime boundaries
- Examine and interpret current legal requirements and obligations
- Review international conventions, statutory/common law obligations and regulatory processes
- Examine private law areas of admiralty and arrest, carriage of goods by sea and ship charters, marine pollution and oil spills, collisions, groundings, wreck and pilotage law
- Limitations of liability by shipowners and how to manage and resolve disputes
- Systematically review your business and regulatory activities
- Develop processes to ensure your activities are conducted with legal competence
- Implement changes consistent with law that improve business clarity and structure
- Ensure activities achieve maximum risk management against the regulatory structure
- Consider effective methods of dispute resolution
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- Australian Maritime Law 2nd ed
- Australasian Marine Pollution Laws 2008
- Australian Offshore Laws 2009
About the Course
This course provides participants with a fundamental grounding in key areas of maritime and shipping law which is important for working in the shipping, trade, ports, marine environment, regulatory and governmental policy areas of today.
The course begins with an introduction to the international shipping and trade backgrounds and then moves on to the public law areas such as law of the sea and maritime boundaries.
The course then continues by examining the private law areas of admiralty and arrest, carriage of goods by sea and ship charters, marine pollution and oil spills, collisions, groundings, wreck and how pilotage law works. It concludes with some aspects of limitation of liability by shipowners and how to manage and resolve disputes.
The material will include selected representative documents on topics and the course will be supplemented with various practical problems for course members to address.
Who Should Attend
Those involved in management in industry or government with maritime activities of any sort; including shipping operations and management, ports, carriage by sea, government regulators, government policy makers and lawyers seeking an introduction to maritime and shipping law.
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