published in journals such as Cambridge Law Journal, Law Quarterly Review,
Edinburg Law Review, Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, the
Journal of Business Law, the Torts Law Journal and the Journal of Contract Law.
Warranties in Marine Insurance won the Cavendish Book Prize 2001 and was
awarded the British Insurance Law Association Charitable Trust Book Prize in
2002 for its contribution to insurance literature. Marine Insurance Fraud also won
the latter prize in 2015. He has also edited large numbers of collections of essays on
commercial, maritime and insurance law. In addition, he sits on the editorial boards
of the Journal of International Maritime Law, Shipping and Trade Law and the
Baltic Maritime Law Quarterly. Professor Soyer currently teaches Admiralty Law,
Charterparties: Law and Practice and Marine Insurance on the LLM Programme at
Swansea.
D. Rhidian Thomas is Professor Emeritus of Maritime Law and Founder Director
of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University,
Wales, UK. He previously held academic posts at the Universities of Cardiff and
East Anglia and visiting positions at universities in Europe, Scandinavia, Far East
and North America. He held the Francqui Chair at the University of Leuven in 2010/
2011 and is currently visiting professor at Gothenburg University, World Maritime
University and Bologna University. In 2019 he was the recipient of an Honorary
Doctorate of Law conferred by the University of Gothenburg. Professor Thomas is
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Maritime Law and a member of the
editorial board of Shipping and Trade Law. He is a member of the Comité Maritime
International and its International Standing Committee on Marine Insurance, British
Maritime Law Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and British Insurance
Law Association. In 2016 he was made an Honorary Member of the Croatian
Maritime Law Association. He was a member of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Arbitration Law which drafted the UK Arbitration Act 1996. His principal
teaching and research interests are in the fields of maritime and shipping law, marine
insurance law, international trade law and commercial arbitration. He has written,
edited and contributed to many books and published widely in academic and
professional journals. In particular he has edited and contributed to two books on
the Rotterdam Rules, A New Convention for the Carriage of Goods by Sea – The
Rotterdam Rules (2009, Law Text Publishing, UK) and The Carriage of Goods by
Sea under the Rotterdam Rules (2010, Lloyd’s List Law, London, UK), and is editor
and contributor to the Modern Law of Marine Insurance series of volumes
(1996–2016) published by Informa Law from Routledge (UK). He is a frequent
speaker at conferences and seminars and also acts as an expert witness and
consultant.
Yuanjun Xia is an associate professor in maritime law at Dalian Maritime University (DMU) Law School and a member of Liaoning International Maritime Law
Institute and the China Maritime Law Association. He is also a part-time lawyer of
Beijing Globe-Law Law Firm, Dalian Branch. His research interests are primarily in
the fields of carriage of goods by sea, marine environmental law and private
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Edinburg Law Review, Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, the
Journal of Business Law, the Torts Law Journal and the Journal of Contract Law.
Warranties in Marine Insurance won the Cavendish Book Prize 2001 and was
awarded the British Insurance Law Association Charitable Trust Book Prize in
2002 for its contribution to insurance literature. Marine Insurance Fraud also won
the latter prize in 2015. He has also edited large numbers of collections of essays on
commercial, maritime and insurance law. In addition, he sits on the editorial boards
of the Journal of International Maritime Law, Shipping and Trade Law and the
Baltic Maritime Law Quarterly. Professor Soyer currently teaches Admiralty Law,
Charterparties: Law and Practice and Marine Insurance on the LLM Programme at
Swansea.
D. Rhidian Thomas is Professor Emeritus of Maritime Law and Founder Director
of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University,
Wales, UK. He previously held academic posts at the Universities of Cardiff and
East Anglia and visiting positions at universities in Europe, Scandinavia, Far East
and North America. He held the Francqui Chair at the University of Leuven in 2010/
2011 and is currently visiting professor at Gothenburg University, World Maritime
University and Bologna University. In 2019 he was the recipient of an Honorary
Doctorate of Law conferred by the University of Gothenburg. Professor Thomas is
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Maritime Law and a member of the
editorial board of Shipping and Trade Law. He is a member of the Comité Maritime
International and its International Standing Committee on Marine Insurance, British
Maritime Law Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and British Insurance
Law Association. In 2016 he was made an Honorary Member of the Croatian
Maritime Law Association. He was a member of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Arbitration Law which drafted the UK Arbitration Act 1996. His principal
teaching and research interests are in the fields of maritime and shipping law, marine
insurance law, international trade law and commercial arbitration. He has written,
edited and contributed to many books and published widely in academic and
professional journals. In particular he has edited and contributed to two books on
the Rotterdam Rules, A New Convention for the Carriage of Goods by Sea – The
Rotterdam Rules (2009, Law Text Publishing, UK) and The Carriage of Goods by
Sea under the Rotterdam Rules (2010, Lloyd’s List Law, London, UK), and is editor
and contributor to the Modern Law of Marine Insurance series of volumes
(1996–2016) published by Informa Law from Routledge (UK). He is a frequent
speaker at conferences and seminars and also acts as an expert witness and
consultant.
Yuanjun Xia is an associate professor in maritime law at Dalian Maritime University (DMU) Law School and a member of Liaoning International Maritime Law
Institute and the China Maritime Law Association. He is also a part-time lawyer of
Beijing Globe-Law Law Firm, Dalian Branch. His research interests are primarily in
the fields of carriage of goods by sea, marine environmental law and private
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About the Authors