ABSTRACT

Written by a team of top academics and highly-experienced legal practitioners, this is a very complex area of law. It provides both a critical analysis on contemporary legal issues concerning offshore contracts, and an in-depth account of the numerous liability regimes inherently connected to offshore operations.
 
Key features of Offshore Contracts and Liabilities:

  • Detailed insight into contemporary legal issues concerning offshore contracts, including Supplytime and Heavycon
  • In-depth analysis of the current liability regimes with clear reference to contemporary industry practice
  • Thorough examination of the current state of the law from national, regional and international perspectives
  • Up-to-date coverage of hot topics such as liability for offshore installations, knock-for knock agreements in offshore contracts and recently-developed new standard forms, such as Windtime.

 

This book is an indispensable guide for legal practitioners, academics and industry professionals worldwide

part 1|248 pages

Offshore Contracts

chapter 1|8 pages

Bimco's Offshore Contracts

chapter 3|24 pages

Heavycon 2007

Liabilities, Exceptions, Indemnities

chapter 4|15 pages

Knock-for-Knock Clauses in Offshore Contracts

The Fundamental Principles

chapter 6|25 pages

Consequential Loss Exclusion Clauses in Offshore Contracts

The Need for Greater Clarity

chapter 7|48 pages

Excluding Consequential Damages

chapter 9|8 pages

Knock-for-Knock

The P&I Insurance Perspective

chapter 10|41 pages

Standard Contracts used in the Offshore Insurance Sector

Clear and Unambiguous?

part 2|103 pages

Offshore Liabilities

chapter 13|15 pages

Offshore Injury

Whose Jurisdiction, What Law?

chapter 14|51 pages

Marine Spatial Planning

An Incoming Tide of Opportunity or Liability?