Hong Kong Branch - Chartering Seminar

• Date Monday, January 23, 2017
• Venue Mariner's Club
• Duration 4 hrs

Overview

The Hong Kong branch is pleased to announce Maritime Law Seminar being held on 23rd January 2017.

This is a  complimentary evening event sponsored by the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Hong Kong Branch.

Date :              Monday, 23 January 2017

Venue :           Mariner's Club, 11 Middle Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

Time :

• 6.30 pm - Reception. Bar opens
• 7.00 - 7.45 pm - 1st Talk including 10 mins for Q&A
• 7.45 - 8.00 pm - Break
• 8.00 - 8.45 pm - 2nd Talk including 10 mins for Q&A
• 8.45 - 10.30 pm - Networking. Food and drinks on the house

Charge : Free of Charge

Topics :

1. Knowing your business partners & managing counterparty risk.

This lecture will be both practical and legal. It will discuss common pitfalls (including that parties often do not know exactly who they have contracted with), explain what the consequences can be and what might be done to avoid these pitfalls.

2. Charterers are late paying hire - what to do?

In the current market this scenario is unfortunately increasingly common.

Again this lecture will aim to cover both legal the law and practical solutions. It will cover the recent decision in Spar Shipping AS v. Grand China Logistics Holding (Group) Co. Ltd [2015] EWHC 718 (Comm)).

Speaker : Caroline Thomas, Partner, Laracy & Co. in association with Hill Dickinson Hong Kong.

Caroline specialises in insurance, shipping and competition law with a focus on dispute resolution and regulation. She has worked with leading P&I Clubs, Charterers, Managers and Owners on avoiding and resolving "dry" shipping disputes. Caroline is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and in Hong Kong. She is also the chairwoman of the Hong Kong Insurance Law Association Limited.

Speaker : Julian Clark, Global Head of Shipping, Hill Dickinson LLP.

Julian joined Hill Dickinson as the new Global Head of Shipping on 16 January 2017. He specialises in casualty, marine insurance and charter disputes. He is an ex equity partner of HFW and one of the founding partners of Campbell Johnston Clark. He also helped set up the North of England's FD&D department back in 1990. Julian has for the past 10 years been ranked as a market leader in Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 and US publication "Super Lawyers".

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Maritime Law Seminar Jan 2017

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Maritime Law Seminar Jan 2017