Published 2002-10-02
Keywords
- crimes at sea,
- criminal responsibility in shipping,
- marine pollution,
- criminal sanctions,
- environmental damage
- marine accident,
- collisions,
- fires,
- groundings,
- oil pollution,
- criminal liability for oil pollution damage,
- The Exxon Valdez,
- seafarer welfare,
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (UK),
- The 'Herald of Free Enterprise',
- corporate manslaughter,
- corporate responsibility,
- UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch,
- mens rea,
- International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code),
- marine insurance,
- public policy ...More
Abstract
This paper was presented as part of Business Session 2, on the topic of 'Issues in Marine Insurance', which was chaired by Michael Fisher. The second page of the paper contains a short biography of the author.
Lawford reviews the place of the criminal law in shipping casualties, predicting that this trend will develop and likely become more common as time goes on. In particular, Lawford focuses on the increasing use of the criminal law in what have usually been regarded as civil matters, such as accidents at sea, collisions, fires, groundings, and forms of environmental damage, which also dealing with the increasing use of criminal prosecutions in the United States alongside mentioning the position in Australia and New Zealand.