Sarah C Derrington

Called: 1990
Queensland, Australian Capital Territory

Sarah Derrington is a Professor of Law at the University of Queensland and Director of the Marine and Shipping Law Unit within the T C Beirne School of Law. The Marine and Shipping Law Unit is the only Australian entity dedicated to teaching, research and consultancy in both commercial shipping law and public maritime law.

Academic Qualifications

BA, LLB(Hons), LLM, PhD

Academic Prizes / Scholarships

MLAANZ Fellowship

Other qualifications

MCIArb, CNI

Appointments

Admiralty Rules Committee (Cwlth)

Languages

French and German (working knowledge)

Publications

Book
The Law and Practice of Admiralty Matters, with James M Turner (Oxford University Press, 2007) 313 pages plus appendices

Selected Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Une brève introduction au droit maritime australien - paper for a Mélange in honour of Profs JP Beurier & Y Tassel, Tome XXVI 2008 Annuaire du Centre Droit Maritime et Océanique 571

My Ship: My Castle - The forfeiture of property rights in the Admiralty law context (2007) 26 University of Queensland Law Journal 341

The continuing utility of the action in rem (2007) 123 Law Quarterly Review 258

Admiralty Law in Peter Cane & Joanne Conaghan (eds) New Oxford Companion to Law, (2008) Oxford University Press 12-13

Bunkers - Not "property" but "ship" (2006) 6 Shipping & Transport Lawyer International 20-22

Ship arrest and the admiralty jurisdiction of Australia and South Africa: too far or not far enough? (2005) 11 Journal of International Maritime Law 409-416

JI Macwilliam Company Inc v Mediterranean Shipping Company SA ‘The Rafaela S' (2005) 24 University of Queensland Law Journal 191-195

Better the Devil you Know? (2005) 5 Shipping and Transport Lawyer International 24-28

The Hague Rules - A Lost Opportunity (2005) 121 Law Quarterly Review 209-213

The UNCITRAL Draft Instrument - Does Australia Need It? (2005) 33 Australian Business Law Review 70-80

A Piece - Neither a Package nor a Unit: El Greco v Mediterranean Shipping Co (Australia) Ltd (2005) 68 Modern Law Review 111-120

Digest of Australian Maritime cases July-200 to 30 June 2004 (2005) Il Diritto Marittimo 270-295

Pacific Carriers v BNP Paribas (2004) 23 University of Queensland Law Journal 480-484

What is a policy of marine insurance? Who is an owner? Recent developments in Australian Maritime Law (2004) 4 Shipping & Transport Lawyer 24-27

Australian Maritime Law Update 2002 (with M White QC) - (2003) 34 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 363-389

Australian Maritime Law Update 2001 (with M White QC) - (2002) 33 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 275-291

The Marine Insurance Act 1909 (Cwlth) - One Reform Too Many? [2002] Journal of International Commercial Law 127-140

The Law of Marine Insurance in Australia - Perspectives and Permutations in D R Thomas (ed) The Modern Law of Marine Insurance, Volume Two, LLP, 2002, 363-403

Marine Insurance Law in Australia: The Australian Law Reform Commission Proposals [2002] Lloyd's Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 214-230

A comparative overview of the law relating to non-disclosure and misrepresentation in contracts of marine insurance and some proposals for unification [2001] Lloyd's Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 66-87

The requirement of inducement and the concept of materiality in s24 of the Marine Insurance Act 1909 (Cwlth) (2000) 11 Insurance Law Journal 236-258

Charterparties in MWD White QC (ed) Australian Maritime Law, 2^nd ed., Federation Press, 2000, 121-160

Australian Maritime Law Update 1999 (with M White QC) (2000) 31 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 435-446

Australian Maritime Law Update 1998 (with M White QC) (1999) 30 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 419-430

The "Iran Amanat" v KMP Petroleum High Court Review, November 1998

Australian Maritime Law Update 1997 (with M White QC) (1998) 29 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 391-403

Australian Maritime Law Update 1996 (with M White QC) (1997) 28 Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce 449-461

Due Diligence, Causation and Article IV(2) of the Hague-Visby Rules (1997) 3 International Trade & Business Law Annual 175-186

Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Regulation 1995 (Qld) (1996) 2 Queensland Environmental Practice Reporter 40 and 56

Does the Marine Insurance Act Still Serve the Needs of the Business Community? (1995) 7 Insurance Law Journal 31-45

Papers delivered

Keynote addresses
The Concept of Certainty in Maritime Law - Inaugural Professorial Lecture, Supreme Court of Queensland, Brisbane, 20 August 2008

Annual AMJ Lecture in Admiralty Law, University of Hull, 2006

Conference & seminar papers
The interaction between insolvency law and admiralty law - a continuing conundrum: Paper delivered at MLAANZ Annual Conference, Queenstown, 3 September 2009

Cross-border insolvency and admiralty law: paper delivered at Federal Court Admiralty Workshop, Sydney, 21 May 2009

Australian Maritime Arbitration - in the national interest: Paper delivered to ACICA Conference 21 November 2008

Confidentiality in Arbitration - the English and Australian approaches examined - ICMA XVVI - International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators 26 February - 2 March 2007, Singapore

Amendments to the Insurance Contracts Act - Seminar presented to the Victorian Branch of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, 31 October 2006

Recent Developments in Marine Insurance Law - Seminar presented to Insurance Group at Minter Ellison (Brisbane) 9 November 2006

How to conduct a small admiralty arbitration - Federal Court of Australia, Marshals' and Registrars' Conference, Sydney, 8-10 March 2006

Recent Developments in Commercial Maritime Law - Seminar delivered at Ebsworth & Ebsworth, Sydney 25 May 2006

The UNCITRAL Draft Instrument - Does Australia Need It? Paper delivered to the Annual Conference of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, 1 October 2004

What role for the Law? Legal and Ethical Dilemmas, Presentation given to Year 11 students at Brisbane Grammar School, 26 May 2004

Carriage of Goods by Sea, Marine Insurance and Admiralty Practice - Seminar for lawyers and clients of Macrossan & Amiet Solicitors, Mackay, 31 January - 1 February 2004

Tales from Australia, Seminar given at the West of England P&I Club, London, 10 December 2002

The Duty of Utmost Good Faith in Marine Insurance - Time for Reform?, Panelist at forum organized by The London Shipping Law Centre, University College London, 27 November 2002

Rapporteur - Managing Risk in Marine Pilotage, Australian Marine Pilots Seminar, Sydney, 5 September 2002

Conjoint Twins - The Legal Approach, paper delivered to the Lyceum Club, 13 August 2002

Maritime Law Update, paper delivered to Norton White, Solicitors, 21 February 2002

Current Trends in Legal Education, paper delivered to the Lyceum Club, 20 March 2001

International Developments in Marine Insurance Law post CMI, paper delivered to Marine Insurance Forum, Sydney, 20 February 2001

Arrest of Ships & Carriage Liability Regimes, paper delivered at Queensland Law Society as part of the CLE program, 14 November 2000

The review by the Australian Law Reform Commission of the Marine insurance Act 1909 (Cwlth) Paper delivered to the CMI Colloquium, Toledo, Spain, 17-20 September 2000

Commentary to a paper delivered by Ian Davis, Commissioner, Australian Law Reform Commission - Reform of the Marine Insurance Act, Options and Constraints, 27^th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, Queenstown 5-10 August 2000

Marine Insurance - Recent Developments, Insurance Law Seminar Series, University of Queensland, 29 July 2000

Marine Insurance Law Update, McInnes Wilson and Jensen Seminar Series, 5 April 2000

Recent Developments in Australian Marine Insurance, paper delivered to a forum on International Shipping and Trade, McCullough Robertson Lawyers, 8 December 1999

Drafting Commercial Documents, workshop presented to Malleson Stephen Jaques, 8 December 1999

Professional Letter Writing, workshop presented to Malleson Stephen Jaques, 3 November 1999

Marine Insurance - Proposals for Reform, paper delivered to the 26^th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, 25-29 September 1999

Arrest of Ships - Who When and How? paper delivered at Admiralty Seminar, Cairns, 28 May 1999

A Brief Overview of Marine Insurance Law and Practice, McInnes Wilson and Jensen Seminar Series, 19 April 1999

Memberships

Maritime Law Association of Australia & New Zealand (President from 2009), Australian Maritime & Transport Arbitration Commission (Vice-Chairman since 2007), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nautical Institute, Queensland Bar Association

Personal

Married, 3 children

Interests

Music and Opera