EDITORIAL
The inescapable technicalities of maritime litigation
RHIDIAN THOMAS

ARTICLES
The Law Commissions and insurance contract law reform: an update
DAVID HERTZELL
Law Commissioner
LAURA BURGOYNE
Commercial and Common Law Team, Law Commission

The Freedom of Navigation Program: Affirming U.S. Maritime Rights Under UNCLOS
JULIANNE KELLY-HORNER
University of San Diego School of Law

Liability and compensation for ship-source oil pollution in China
MANS JACOBSSON
Visiting Professor at the Dalian and Shanghai Maritime Universities, People's Republic of China

ANALYSIS AND COMMENT
Recognition of a regulation judgment on the validity of a jurisdiction agreement
Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherung AG v Samskip GmbH
Case C-456/11 [2013] ILPr 7
YVONNE BAATZ
Professor of Maritime Law and Member of the Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton

Contracts (rights of third parties) Act 1999 and arbitration
Fortress Value Recovery Fund 1 LLC and Others v Blue Sky Opportunities Fund LP and Others
[2012] EWHC 1486 (Comm), [2013] EWCA Civ 367
JAMES HAYTON
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales

Militant environmental protest and maritime torts
Fish & Fish Ltd v Sea Shepherd UK and Others
[2102] EWHC 1717 (Admlty): [2013] EWCA Civ 544
RICHARD CADDELL
Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea University

NATIONAL REPORT
The principle of utmost good faith in Indian marine insurance contracts
DR R BHANU KRISHNA KIRAN