He also completed his PhD in aviation and liability insurance at Cambridge University. Before joining the Institute, he worked as an aviation Solicitor in London where he advised on aerospace liability and regulatory matters. He was also an assistant to the legal counsel of the International Union of Aviation Insurers in relation to the replacement of the Rome Convention on Surface Damage. George constantly produces new publications on private (international) air and maritime law, (aviation and marine) insurance law, multimodal transport, environmental law, and new transport technologies (see www.swansea.ac.uk/law/istl/research/researchrecord/associateprofessorgeorgeleloudas/) He is also one of the editors of the preeminent air law publication, Shawcross and Beaumont on Air Law, being responsible for the liability chapters. Any view expressed herein are strictly personal and do not necessarily represent the views of an organizations he may be affiliated with. 2 Dr. Michael Chatzipanagiotis is an attorney-at-law and a legal advisor based in Cyprus, as well as an adjunct lecturer of aviation law and European private law at the University of Cyprus and the European University of Cyprus. He specializes in aviation and space law, IPR and consumer protection. He has advised various aerospace companies and has worked as a legal expert in projects of the European Commission, Eurocontrol, the Lufthansa Group and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). He obtained his LL.B from the Law School of the University of Athens, Greece, and his LL.M from the Law School of the University of Cologne, Germany, where he subsequently wrote his PhD on suborbital flights. He holds seminars, presentations and guest lectures on his areas of expertise, while he has authored numerous publications in international law reviews. He is also an active member of the International Institute of Space Law. Any view expressed herein are strictly personal and do not necessarily represent the views of an organizations he may be affiliated with. 3 Mrs Konstantina Liperi works as a legal officer in the National Supervisory Authority (NSA) of the Department of Civil Aviation Authority in Cyprus. She obtained a Bachelor of Laws from Sheffield University in the UK and was called to UK (Honourable Society of Middle Temple) and Cyprus Bar. She also holds an LL.M (Adv.) in Air and Space Law from Leiden University in the Netherlands. Before joining the NSA, she was working as a legal officer in the Department of Electronic Communications of the Republic of Cyprus, where she advised on telecommunication and space law issues. She was also the national expert of Cyprus to the EU in relation to the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems (Galileo and EGNOS). She represented Cyprus in the European Commission's GNSS Programme Committee, in the European GNSS Agency's Administrative Board and in European Space Agency´s committees. Any view expressed herein are strictly personal and do not necessarily represent the views of an organizations she may be affiliated with.

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a global problem, which threatens marine ecosystems in addition to putting food security and regional stability at risk. It is often linked to major human rights violations and even organized crime. Legal measures, such as introducing monitoring and surveillance systems or denying services to vessels engaged in IUU fishing, are often implemented at national and international levels to combat such practices. Academics and economists have suggested that IUU fishing might be discouraged equally well by taking the profit out of it. Building on this premise, this article analyzes the extent to which the availability of liability insurance contributes to the problem of IUU fishing. To this end, an empirical study has been carried out, which supports the contention that vessels suspected of involvement in IUU fishing have no serious difficulty in obtaining liability insurance from the market and insurance sector, thereby inadvertently fa...

This article examines third-party liability issues of automated vehicles (AV) as currently regulated in Europe at the level of the European Union (EU) and at national level. The analysis of European law is preceded by a brief presentation of international law on traffic rules, whose binding effect has influenced the content of European provisions. Regarding national legislations, we examine the special rules of the German Road Traffic Act, which focuses on the liability of keeper and the driver, as well as the English Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018, which focuses on insurance and represents a different approach. We combine the analysis of the special rules with an overview of the applicable provisions on product liability and driver third-party liability in these countries. In addition, we briefly present the legal rules applicable in the US and compare them with the European ones. We conclude our article with some thoughts on eventual amendment of the existing rules de lege ferenda, aimed to inform the discussions globally on how to regulate civil liability arising from the use of AV.

The current pandemic has elevated the critical need for a dependable, resilient, air cargo supply chain to the forefront of commercial and legal discussion. Throughout its history, air cargo has evolved in parallel with other unimodal means of cargo transport into a global multimodal transport paradigm. The unimodal legal regimes governing individual modes of cargo transport have not kept pace with the growth and development of global cargo transport and its associated legal issues. The unimodal regimes do not adequately reflect the relational, commercial, and operational realities of the contemporary global multimodal supply chain. The authors identify key changes in air cargo and multimodal supply chain logistics and relationships, and discuss the resulting contemporary legal issues that have emerged and must be addressed. The authors advocate that a multimodal cargo transport regime is needed to reflect these current realities and to accommodate future multimodal evolution. At a ...