Jason Chuah is Professor and Head of Department at City, University of London
and, currently, Guest Research Professor at the University of Gothenburg. He is also
Director of the London Universities Maritime Law and Policy Group. He has
published well over 200 articles and eleven books, including Law of International
Trade (Sweet & Maxwell), Commercial Law (Pearson) with Prof. M. Furmston,
Carriage of Goods by Sea (Routledge) with A. Rogers and Research Handbook on
Maritime Law (as editor) (Edward Elgar). His works have been cited by institutions
in the UK, US, EU and Asia. He has been involved in consultations with the UK
Ministry of Justice, OECD, ICC, EU Commission, Association of British Insurers,
UNCITRAL, among others.
Pallab Das is Lecturer in Law at the National Law University of Odisha (NLUO) in
India. He obtained his BSL and LLB from ILS Law College, Pune, ranking in 8th
place at Pune University, and his LLM from Swansea University on an International
Excellence Scholarship in 2015 specializing in International Commercial and Maritime Law. He has several publications to his credit and assisted with the authorship
of the book Maritime Jurisdiction and Admiralty Law in India. He also compiled and
edited two other special texts entitled Justice for Women: Legal Compendium and
The Moot Compendium. He is a qualified Westlaw UK researcher. He is a member of
the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, and an Associate Member of the
Asian Institute of Alternate Dispute Resolution, Malaysia. His areas of interests
include International Maritime Law, International Commercial and Investment
Arbitration, Air Law, Evidence Law and Transfer of Property Act. Prior to joining
NLUO, he practiced in the High Court of Orissa and was also a Civil Judge in the
Odisha Judicial Services. He is presently a Research Associate and Teaching
Assistant at NLUO. He teaches Maritime law and International Commercial Arbitration to undergraduate students and is in charge of the Centre for Maritime Law at
NLUO. He is also a knowledge partner with the Centre for Arbitration and Consultation Development (CACD), a non-profit organization in India.
Martin Davies is Admiralty Law Institute Professor of Maritime Law at Tulane
University Law School in New Orleans and Director of the Tulane Maritime Law
Center. He holds the degrees of MA and BCL from Oxford University, England, and
an LLM from Harvard Law School. Before joining Tulane, he was Harrison Moore
Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne in Australia and before that he
taught at Monash University, University of Western Australia and Nottingham
University. He has also been a visiting professor at universities in China, Italy,
Azerbaijan and Singapore. He has received several teaching awards, and in 2017, the
editors of the law report series American Maritime Cases dedicated the 2016 bound
volumes to him. He is author (or co-author) of books on maritime law, international
trade law, conflict of laws and the law of torts. He has also published many journal
articles on these topics. He has extensive practical experience as a consultant for over
30 years on maritime matters and general international litigation and arbitration, in
Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA.
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and, currently, Guest Research Professor at the University of Gothenburg. He is also
Director of the London Universities Maritime Law and Policy Group. He has
published well over 200 articles and eleven books, including Law of International
Trade (Sweet & Maxwell), Commercial Law (Pearson) with Prof. M. Furmston,
Carriage of Goods by Sea (Routledge) with A. Rogers and Research Handbook on
Maritime Law (as editor) (Edward Elgar). His works have been cited by institutions
in the UK, US, EU and Asia. He has been involved in consultations with the UK
Ministry of Justice, OECD, ICC, EU Commission, Association of British Insurers,
UNCITRAL, among others.
Pallab Das is Lecturer in Law at the National Law University of Odisha (NLUO) in
India. He obtained his BSL and LLB from ILS Law College, Pune, ranking in 8th
place at Pune University, and his LLM from Swansea University on an International
Excellence Scholarship in 2015 specializing in International Commercial and Maritime Law. He has several publications to his credit and assisted with the authorship
of the book Maritime Jurisdiction and Admiralty Law in India. He also compiled and
edited two other special texts entitled Justice for Women: Legal Compendium and
The Moot Compendium. He is a qualified Westlaw UK researcher. He is a member of
the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, and an Associate Member of the
Asian Institute of Alternate Dispute Resolution, Malaysia. His areas of interests
include International Maritime Law, International Commercial and Investment
Arbitration, Air Law, Evidence Law and Transfer of Property Act. Prior to joining
NLUO, he practiced in the High Court of Orissa and was also a Civil Judge in the
Odisha Judicial Services. He is presently a Research Associate and Teaching
Assistant at NLUO. He teaches Maritime law and International Commercial Arbitration to undergraduate students and is in charge of the Centre for Maritime Law at
NLUO. He is also a knowledge partner with the Centre for Arbitration and Consultation Development (CACD), a non-profit organization in India.
Martin Davies is Admiralty Law Institute Professor of Maritime Law at Tulane
University Law School in New Orleans and Director of the Tulane Maritime Law
Center. He holds the degrees of MA and BCL from Oxford University, England, and
an LLM from Harvard Law School. Before joining Tulane, he was Harrison Moore
Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne in Australia and before that he
taught at Monash University, University of Western Australia and Nottingham
University. He has also been a visiting professor at universities in China, Italy,
Azerbaijan and Singapore. He has received several teaching awards, and in 2017, the
editors of the law report series American Maritime Cases dedicated the 2016 bound
volumes to him. He is author (or co-author) of books on maritime law, international
trade law, conflict of laws and the law of torts. He has also published many journal
articles on these topics. He has extensive practical experience as a consultant for over
30 years on maritime matters and general international litigation and arbitration, in
Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA.
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