The Law of Ship Mortgages

Thought to be the most comprehensive guide to English law relating to ship mortgages, the second edition of The Law of Ship Mortgages has been highly anticipated. This fully-updated and complete explanation provides practitioners with a practical, commercially-based, and definitive guide to the English law of ship mortgages as well as important related areas such as conflict of laws and insolvency. The authors, being seasoned practitioners themselves, bring their practical experience to bear on a number of difficult and developing areas of the law, such as: mortgagees’ duties, liability to charterers, conflicts of laws, work-outs and cross border insolvency. New to this edition: In-depth analysis of noteworthy cases such as The WD Fairway litigation, PK Airfinance v Alpstream, and Tropical Reefer and Anton Durbeck v DNB Enhanced coverage of issues such as security interests in ships, priority, and third party involvement Completely revised and reordered content, to better reflect practitioner needs Written with practitioners in mind, this new edition will be extremely useful to legal professionals working in any jurisdiction that is involved in international ship finance, as well as post-graduate students and academics.

1. Historical Introduction 2. Ownership and Registration 3. Security Interests in Ships 4.The Conflict of Laws 5. Execution, Secured Obligations and Property Covered 6. Registration of Mortgages 7. Priority 8. Mortgagor's Obligations and Undertakings 9. Amendment, Transfer and Discharge 10. Liens 11. Default and Self-Help Enforcement Powers 12. The Courts' Protection of the Mortgagor 13. Liabilities of the Mortgagee to Third Parties 14. Enforcement by Arrest by Court Sale 15. Insolvency 16. Insurance 17: Security over Earnings and Charterparties

David Osborne is a partner specialising in asset and project finance at Watson, Farley & Williams. Graeme Bowtle is a retiredsolicitor and consultant with Richards Butler (now Reed Smith). Charles Buss is a partner specialising in maritime litigation and arbitration at Watson, Farley & Williams.