EDITORIAL
Independent ship agents and the law
RHIDIAN THOMAS

ARTICLES
The French Court of Cassation and the Erica case; some issues relating to civil liability
MANS JACOBSSON
Former Director, International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds, Member of the Executive Council of the Comite Maritime International (CMI)

Environmental Liability in the offshore sector with special focus on conflict of laws (part 2)
PROFESSOR PETER WETTERSTEIN 
Abo Akademi University, Finland

Irregular migration and the international obligation of non-refoulement: the case of the MV Salamis from a Maltese perspective
PATRICIA MALLIA, JEAN-PIERRE GAUCI

ANALYSIS AND COMMENT
Construction of laytime/demurrage exception clauses in voyage charterparties
E D and F Man Sugar Ltd v Unicargo Tranbsportgessellschaft GmbH (The Ladytramp)
[2013] EWCA Civ 1449 English Court of Appeal

Anticipatory breach of charterparty obligations
Geden Operations Ltd v Dry Bulk Handy holdings Inc (The MV Bulk Uruguay)
[2014] EWHC 885 (Comm), High Court, QBD