EDITORIAL
Construing maritime agreements: the UK Supreme Court and the supremacy of the natural and ordinary meaning of words
D RHIDIAN THOMAS

ARTICLES
'Satisfactory for its own purposes' private direct arrangements and judicial vessel sales
PAUL MYBURGH
Deputy Director, Centre for Maritime Law, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

From British Westinghouse to The New Flamenco: misunderstanding mitigation
PROFESSOR VICTOR GOLDBERG
Jerome L. Greene Professor of Transactional Law, Columbia Law School

The Maritime Labour Convention: an overview
JULIA CONSTANTINO CHAGAS LESSA
City University London

The reformulation of the general principles of the lex maritima
MASSIMILIANO RIMABOSCHI
Advocate to the Supreme Court of Cassazione

ANALYSIS AND COMMENT
Spar Shipping, The Astra and the status of the obligation to pay hire punctually, watching a falling star
Grand China Logistics Holding (Group) Co Ltd v Spar Shipping
[2016] EWCA Civ 982
RICHARD SARLL AND JULIA DIAS QC7 King's Bench Walk

The enforcement of judgments at common law: submission and abuse of process
Golden Endurance Shipping SA v RMA Watanya SA and Others
[2016] EWHC 2110 (Comm)
SIMON P CAMILLERI
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (London) LLP

INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS
EU - Maritime transport and customs-related operations in the EU
ALESSANDRO TORELLO
University of Macerata