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Shipping Law Handbook


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PART A

Arrest, jurisdiction and applicable law

A.1 Introduction

In the early stages of a maritime dispute, a number of issues will have to be considered in addition to the question of liability. The materials in relate to three of these: obtaining security for the claim, establishing jurisdiction over it, and identifying the applicable law.

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