EDITORIAL
Conflict in The Gulf: the insurance implications

DIGEST OF CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS

ANALYSIS AND COMMENT
‘Rear window’ on classification societies: no jurisdictional immunity for pure classification activities in the Prestige
OLIVIER CACHARD
État français v ABS, ABSG Consulting Inc & ABS Group
Cour de cassation (France) Docket no 17-18.286
(17 April 2019)

Seaworthiness: the documentary dimension
Alize 1954 and Another v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG and Others 
(The CMA CGM Libra)
[2019] EWHC 481 (Admlty), 
[2019] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 595

ARTICLES

The onus of proof in cargo claims: contract or bailment? – Part 1: click here to read
STUART HETHERINGTON
Partner, Colin Biggers & Paisley

Coastal state law and the protection of merchant vessels: a Nigerian perspective
EOSATOHANMWEN ANASTASIA ERUAGA
Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Abuja, Nigeria; World Maritime University, 
Malmö, Sweden
MAXIMO Q MEJIA JR
Professor, World Maritime University, Malmö,
Sweden

Cyber clauses in insurance policies: a legal analysis 
FRANK STEVENS
Erasmus University, Rotterdam

Theft on board a vessel as a special form of theft in Roman law
MARIJA IGNJATOVIĆ
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, 
University of Nis, Serbia

NATIONAL REPORT
The meaning of ‘ship’ in judicial sales in Malta
JOTHAM SCERRI-DIACONO
Partner, GANADO Advocates, Malta
JAN ROSSI
GANADO Advocates, Malta
MARCUS RIZZO NAUDI
GANADO Advocates, Malta

INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS

IMO – The IOPC Funds: Meeting of the Governing Bodies (April 2019)
IMO Legal Committee: 106th Session
Patrick Griggs

BOOK REVIEWS
Carver on Bills of Lading 4th edn
Guenter H Treitel, Francis M B Reynolds

Maritime Labour Convention 2006: UK and REG Implementation
Charles Boyle

Index of cases
Index of legislation
Index