Charterparties
Incorporation of the Hague-Visby Rules; fixing charterparties; fixtures 'sub details'; safe ports; dangerous goods; seaworthiness; classification; delivery and redelivery; hire; freight, laytime and demurrage; liens.

Shipping Documents In International Trade
The tender of shipping documents under cif and fob contracts; to banks under letters of credit; endorsing the bill of lading to on-buyers; the UCP 600.

Cargo Claims
Bills of lading and other shipping documents: the terms of the carriage contract; common bill of lading clauses; charterparty bills of lading; title to sue; identity of the carrier; Hague and Hague-Visby Rules; the bill as a receipt; clausing of bills; the new Rotterdam Rules.

The Vessel and Liabilities: Collision and Marine Casualties
Principles of liability; passenger claims under the Athens Convention 1974/2002; limitation of liability under the 1976 Limitation Convention and the 1996 Protocol.

Salvage, Towage and Wreck
1989 Salvage Convention; environmental claims and expenses; SCOPIC clause; towage liabilities, standard towing conditions; wreck liabilities, wreck removal and the Wreck Removal Convention 2007.

Pollution Claims
Pollution liabilities; International Conventions (CLC and Fund Convention 1992), Supplementary Protocol 2003; Bunker Pollution Convention 2001.

Marine Insurance
Placing marine insurance; warranties; utmost good faith; fraudulent claims; cargo insurance and certificates; hull insurance; insurance of shipowners' liabilities by P&l Clubs; claims.

Enforcing Maritime Claims
The law applicable to maritime claims; obtaining security; arrest and freezing orders; maritime liens; jurisdiction on the merits; choice of jurisdiction; anti-suit injunctions.