This session explores the ongoing and residual legal ramifications of the recent Strait of Hormuz conflict on international shipping. Tailored for legal practitioners, the webinar will analyse the shift in the maritime landscape from the onset of disruptions on 28 February to the 14 June peace agreement and its complex aftermath, including the allocation of risk between owners and charterers.
This session explores the ongoing and residual legal ramifications of the recent Strait of Hormuz conflict on international shipping. Tailored for legal practitioners, the webinar will analyse the shift in the maritime landscape from the onset of disruptions on 28 February to the 14 June peace agreement and its complex aftermath, including the allocation of risk between owners and charterers.
Adjunct Prof Dr Arun Kasi is a barrister practising in England at 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, London, and a ranked dual-qualified lawyer practising in Malaysia at Arun Kasi & Co, a ranked specialist shipping law firm. He is also admitted to practise before the Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”) Courts.
He regularly appears before the English and Malaysian commercial and admiralty courts, as well as before arbitral tribunals in London, Singapore and Malaysia, and sits as an arbitrator in London- and Malaysia-seated arbitrations.
He is the author of numerous books, including The Law of Carriage of Goods by Sea (Springer, Singapore, 2021) and Arbitration: Stay of Court Proceedings and Anti-Suit Injunctions (CLJ, Malaysia, 2014). His next book, Maritime Decarbonisation, is forthcoming from Lloyd’s List Intelligence, London.
Moderator
Stephen Somerville is the Director of International Development at 4–5 Gray’s Inn Square, a ranked barristers’ chambers in London.
Event Policy
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