BRIEF HISTORY
OF SHIPPING LAW AT UCT

1. COURSES

2. FACILITIES

In 1992, Prof John Hare, who, as a practising P&I Club attorney, had been involved with the programme on a part-time basis since its inception, was appointed to a full-time post, and the Shipping Law Unit was formed.

The Unit co-ordinates maritime law teaching at LLB and postgraduate diploma and LLM levels, and operates a research and information centre to serve both students and the shipping industry, from which it receives generous support. [Prof Hare has recently chaired on the Minister of Transport’s Maritime Transport Policy Working Group whose report can be found by clicking <Policy> under Source Materials]

Students are encouraged to study shipping law against a general background of practical shipping, and to that end the Unit subscribes to Lloyds List daily, and to Fairplay and similar shipping periodicals.

Port visits are arranged for the graduate students. The all too frequent casualties of the Cape winter give practical meaning to much of the coursework.

Though based on English and SA laws, the content of Shipping Law is largely international. The COURSES aim to give a full introduction to all aspects of Admiralty Jurisdiction & Practice,  Maritime law, Carriage of Goods by Sea and Marine Insurance.

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