Sea Carriage Law (LAWS7876)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2025
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
School
Law School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Incompatible
LW810
Restricted
GCAppLaw; GDipAppLaw; MAppLaw; LLM; LLM(Adv) Quota: Minimum of 12 enrolments
Course enquiries
Professor Craig Forrest ()
Current course offerings
| Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
| Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
| Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | External | External | Course Profile |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
This course considers the carriage of goods by sea and covers: charterparties (bareboat, time and voyage charters, and commercial variations); cargo claims (involving bills of lading, waybills and electronic transport documentation); international conventions (Hague Rules 1924, Hague-Visby Rules 1968, Hamburg Rules 1978 and Rotterdam Rules 2008); standard form contracts in use worldwide.
Archived offerings
| Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
| Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
| Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) | External | External | Course Profile |
| Semester 1, 2023 (27/03/2023 - 27/05/2023) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
| Semester 1, 2023 (27/03/2023 - 27/05/2023) | External | External | Course Profile |
| Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) | St Lucia | Intensive | Course Profile |
| Semester 2, 2017 (21/08/2017 - 21/10/2017) | St Lucia | Intensive | Course Profile |
| Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
