Now in its fifth edition, Admiralty Jurisdiction , has expanded to include the law of the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and India in addition to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. It is a comprehensive account of admiralty jurisdiction – law and practice – in these jurisdictions.
The scope of the book, its detailed analysis and its clear presentation of information makes it a valuable resource for admiralty and maritime law practitioners and judges.
“The value of a book such as this which surveys the Admiralty law of several jurisdictions (in a convenient and systematic fashion) is that those who advise or represent admiralty claimants or defendant shipowners (and the judges who have to resolve their disputes) can, by examining the law of other jurisdictions, identify the direction in which the law of their own jurisdiction should develop and perhaps where their own law has taken a wrong turning.” – From the Foreword by the Hon. Justice Teare, the Admiralty Judge and Judge in charge of the Commercial Court, London
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Now in its fifth edition, Dr Cremean’s highly praised work has hoisted its colours as probably the most comprehensive and essential text on admiralty jurisdiction throughout the common law world.
Initially focussed on Australian law, over the last quarter of a century, Dr Cremean has expanded his horizons. The fourth edition covered the law of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. To this, Dr Cremean now adds the United Kingdom, South Africa, Canada and India. Yet, Dr Cremean’s readable writing style and clear demarcation between jurisdictions makes the work easy to navigate for the practitioner. The comparative approach is also instructive in teasing out commonalities and differences, identifying the how the law has developed, or indeed made wrong turns.
Important cases since the last edition six years ago include the Full Federal Court’s decision in Ship “Sam Hawk” v Reiter Petroleum Inc [2016] FCAFC 26. Other changes since the last edition include a new section on foreign sovereign vessels and state immunity. The chapter with precedents has been omitted. The parts addressing the procedural rules of each jurisdiction now rightly occupy their own chapter.
Chief Justice Allsop AO of the Federal Court of Australia has described the book as “beautifully crafted” and “written by someone with a command of his field”. Overall, it is an indispensable text forany practitioner of Admiralty law, not only in Australia, but worldwide. - J Sproule of Counsel, Queensland Law Reporter, 4 September 2020 - [2020] 35 QLR
