The Law on Charterparties

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Identify and explain the main internationally-accepted principles underpinning the law relating to charterparties.
• Apply the legal principles, with appropriate legal authorities, in the solution of complex problems.
• Analyse relevant legal materials, including statutes, case law and standard charterparty clauses.
• Appraise and criticise existing debates in charterparties law, using appropriate legal research skills.
• Locate and analyse relevant legal and other primary and secondary source materials including standard contracts.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Think critically, develop coherent arguments in writing.
• Distinguish relevant from irrelevant materials.
• Display clarity and objectivity in written discussion demonstrating an awareness of issue of academic integrity.
• Identify and analyse key issues.

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• The commercial and public policies underlying legal principles on charterparties and areas of current debate and development.
• The legal principles governing time, voyage and bareboat charterparties.

The following is indicative of the module content:

Legal principles governing different aspects of voyage charters, in particular:

* vessel and voyage;

* cargo and freight; and

* laytime and demurrage;

Legal principles governing time and bareboat charters, in particular:

* employment and indemnity;

* period of charter;

* payment of hire; and

* off hire.

The interaction between bills of lading and charterparties

Teaching and learning methods

This module is taught through lectures (8x2hours) and seminars (3x2hours). Lectures will introduce the principles and structure of the subject. You are expected to provide the main input to the seminars where the principles introduced in the lectures are applied to hypothetical scenarios.

The most important part of learning is your own independent study. This will, however, be closely guided, and firmly tied into the lectures, seminars and assessment. In the seminars you will have the opportunity to present arguments orally to a group of peers and defend your position under challenge.

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Sir Bernard Eder; David Foxton; Steven Berry; Christopher Smith; Professor Howard Bennett (2019). Scrutton on Charterparties and Bills of Lading. Sweet & Maxwell.

Julian Cooke, Andrew Taylor, John D. Kimball, David Martowski, LeRoy Lambert (2014). Voyage Charters. Informa Law from Routledge.

John Wilson (2010). Carriage of Goods by Sea. Pearson Longman.

Mark Davis (2005). Bareboat Charters. Informa Law from Routledge.

Terence Coghlin, Andrew W. Baker, Julian Kenny, John D. Kimball, Tom Belknap (2014). Time Charters. Informa Law from Routledge.

Formative

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

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.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External