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This article summarises and explains some of the most important legal developments in maritime law, including the law of contracts of carriage, marine insurance, ship sale and the sale of goods, in 2017.
The scope of this analysis encompasses the common law jurisdictions of England and Wales as well as Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong, with cases also from Canada and the USA. Highlights include decisions by the UK Supreme Court in The Ocean Victory and The New Flamenco, and an unusual number of decisions on collisions, voyage charterparties and general average.
