Workshop on Electronic Bills of Lading

On 18 May, the IML hosted a Workshop on Electronic Bills of Lading. The Workshop explored current electronic bills of lading practice and legal ramifications, and considered the UK Electronic Trade Documents Bill following its recent adoption by the House of Lords.

The speakers were distinguished industry representatives, legal practitioners and academics, including  Boaz Lessem (WaveBL), Marina Comninos (essDOCS), Richard Lord KC (Brick Court Chambers and IML Fellow), Omer Guy (DCSA) Luca Castellani (UNCITRAL: United Nations Commission on International Trade Law), Michael Biltoo (Kennedys) and Liang Zhao (IML).

The IML Director, Professor Andrea Lista says: "The IML has always been at the forefront of debates on  regulatory reforms and on main themes in Maritime Law. The event was thought provoking and insightful, and is one of a series of initiatives hosted by IML to lead the evolving academic and industry discourse on topics of significance in the international maritime sector. On behalf of the IML and the School of Law, I would like to thank all the speakers and the delegates for their contribution to a very successful event (mention of honour goes to Dr Liang Zhao (IML) as initiator of the Workshop).

The event was a joint initiative with the Centre for Private and Commercial Law, sponsored by the IML and the School of Law, University of Southampton.