Lloyd's Shipping Law Library
About the Book Series
We are proud of our Lloyd’s Shipping Law Library, and rightly so; our collection has the leading titles written by the heavyweight practitioners of the shipping world. Shipping lawyers worldwide will find the information that they need at their fingertips within this library.
This diverse and truly international portfolio covers both wet and dry shipping; for example, we have titles on marine insurance, admiralty jurisdiction, shipbuilding, tug and tow, general average, arrest of ships, and laytime and demurrage. Our key titles include Voyage Charters and Time Charters.
Time Charters
8th Edition
By Andrew Baker, Julian Kenny, John D. Kimball, Thomas H. Belknap, Jr.
August 29, 2025
Acclaimed as the standard reference work on the law relating to time charters, this new edition provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject, accessible and useful both to shipping lawyers and to shipowners, charterers, P&I Clubs and other insurers. It provides full coverage of both ...
Bareboat Charters
1st Edition
By Edward Jones, James Leabeater KC, Rani Noakes, Sean O'Sullivan KC, Robert Scrivener, Thomas Steward, James Watthey, Alexander Wright KC
May 27, 2025
This book examines and explains the law relevant to bareboat or demise charterparties, a common form of maritime contract used by both operators of vessels and also as a form of lease finance. Its principal aim is to set out a structured analysis of all the rights and obligations of the parties to ...
CMR: Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods by Road
5th Edition
By Andrew Messent, David A. Glass
May 27, 2025
Now in its fifth edition, this hallmark text provides a comprehensive, article-by-article guide to the workings of the CMR Convention, as incorporated into English Law by the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965. Fully revised throughout, the book offers a complete update of relevant English cases, ...
Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice
6th Edition
By John A. Kimbell KC
April 18, 2025
Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice is the definitive work on litigation in the Admiralty Court. It provides unrivalled commentary and analysis of admiralty law as well as the jurisdiction and procedure of the Admiralty Court. Now in its sixth edition, it is firmly established as the leading ...
Bills of Lading
3rd Edition
By Sir Richard Aikens, Richard Lord QC, Michael Bools QC, Michael Bolding, Kian Sing Toh SC
January 30, 2025
Bills of lading form an essential part of the carriage of goods by sea and international trade. Their multi-functional nature, together with the large volume of case law and regulation, make the law in this field as complex as it is commercially vital. This bestselling book, now in its third ...
The Law of Ship Mortgages
3rd Edition
By David Osborne, Charles Buss, Joanne Champkins
September 23, 2024
This fully updated and comprehensive 3rd edition of The Law of Ship Mortgages provides readers with a practical, commercially based and definitive guide to the English law of ship mortgages. The authors, being seasoned practitioners, bring their extensive experience to bear on a number of difficult...
Ship Sale and Purchase
7th Edition
By Matt Hannaford, Paul Turner, Iain Goldrein
September 04, 2023
Ship Sale and Purchase is the essential working guide for anyone involved in the business of making ship sale and purchase agreements and also in the resolution of disputes arising out of such agreements. The seventh edition of Ship Sale and Purchase contains a detailed clause-by-clause analysis ...
Voyage Charters
5th Edition
By Julian Cooke, Tim Young, Michael Ashcroft, Andrew Taylor, John D. Kimball, David Martowski, LeRoy Lambert, Michael Sturley
September 16, 2022
Widely regarded as the leading authority on voyage charters, this book is the most comprehensive and intellectually-rigorous analysis of the area, is regularly cited in court and by arbitrators, and is the go-to guide for drafting and disputing charterparty contracts. Voyage Charters provides the ...
Shipping and the Environment: Law and Practice
3rd Edition
By Colin de la Rue, Charles Anderson, Jonathan Hare
February 07, 2022
From the time it was first published in 1998, Shipping and the Environment has been the leading text on international and US law and practice in this field. Written by renowned legal and insurance practitioners with over 100 years of combined specialist experience, including first-hand knowledge of...
Offshore Construction: Law and Practice
2nd Edition
By Stuart Beadnall, Simon Moore
December 30, 2021
This updated book provides practical guidance on avoiding and resolving disputes in the construction of offshore units and vessels, including FPSOs, drilling units, OSVs, FLNG, FSRU and fixed platforms. Written by a leading team at Stephenson Harwood, it covers the entire construction process from ...
Laytime and Demurrage
8th Edition
By John Schofield
October 19, 2021
Laytime and Demurrage is the leading authority for all queries pertaining to this vital aspect of maritime law. It has continued to offer reliable, authoritative, and in-depth analysis since the first edition published in 1986. Praised for its unrivalled coverage and lucid writing style, this ...
Miller's Marine War Risks
4th Edition
By Michael Davey, Oliver Caplin, James Davey
August 11, 2020
Miller's Marine War Risks is the only book devoted to drawing together and analysing the insurance of commercial shipping against war risks. It merges analysis of the legal principles, case law, and legislation with the practice of the insurance market in order to provide commentary on difficult ...