Published 2000-08-05
Keywords
- maritime arbitration,
- alternative dispute resolution,
- arbitration,
- New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards,
- arbitration award
- Admiralty court,
- District Court (Amendment) Bill 1999 (Hong Kong),
- Small Claims Tribunal (Hong Kong),
- maritime lien,
- seafarers' wages lien,
- maritime lien for unpaid wages,
- private international law,
- forum non conveniens,
- more appropriate forum,
- foreign jurisdiction clause,
- ship arrest,
- warrant of arrest,
- writ in rem,
- China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission,
- limitation of liability,
- package limitation,
- Himalaya clause,
- demise clause,
- identity of carrier clause,
- ship's certificate of registration,
- caveat against release of ship,
- wrongful arrest,
- letter of undertaking,
- arrest outside jurisdiction,
- joint law ventures,
- civil procedure,
- formal law alliance ...More
Abstract
Howse sets out some significant developments in maritime law and arbitration in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China, and Taiwan over the past year.