Maritime Law and Practice in Hong Kong, Third Edition is the definitive practitioner text on maritime law and practice in Hong Kong. Written by a team of leading maritime law practitioners and academics, the text provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of maritime law. The book has an accessible style and clear illustrations of the latest cases from major maritime jurisdictions, international conventions, and references to the latest local issues.

What's new in this edition:

1. For ship registration, legal conditions set forth for ship registration in Hong Kong and legal rules for provisional, ownership, demise, mortgage, and other types of ship registration in Hong Kong;
2. For bareboat charter, notable amendments made in the standard contract "Barecon 2017", compared with its predecessors "Barecon 89" and "Barecon 2001";
3. For the Convention of Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 pertaining to wreck removal expenses, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal decision in The Star Centurion and The Antea and the Federal Court of Australia Court of Appeal in The Goliath about the Convention of Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 pertaining to wreck removal expenses;
4. The Marine Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Ordinance (Cap.649) about drink and drugs boating in Hong Kong; and
5. For maritime arbitration, case statistics for key maritime arbitration centers from 2010 to 2024 including not publicly available statistics, and the divergences in approach about the governing law of arbitration agreement between Hong Kong and England and Wales under case law and statute.
6. The Star Antares [2024] 1 Lloyd's Rep 342 as to the interpretation of general average "according to York Antwerp Rules (“YAR”) 1994, or any subsequent modification thereof” under Clause 3 of the Congenbill 1994 and whether the same would incorporate the YAR 2016.
7. A complete rewritten Chapter 4 Bill of Lading with Hong Kong focus by seasoned practitioners.

There are three issues per year.

Founded in 1971, Hong Kong Law Journal is the leading scholarly journal on the common law in Hong Kong, and the law in China in the English language. The journal also publishes comparative, jurisprudential, international, and interdisciplinary material relevant to the study of law. All contributions are refereed.

The Journal enjoys a wide circulation throughout the common law world. It is available online on a current, full text basis on Westlaw. It is indexed by Scopus, the Social Sciences Citation Index, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, and the Index to Legal Periodicals and Books, and abstracted on the Social Science Research Network.