Norwegian Maritime Law Day 2023

The Norwegian Maritime Law Association in co-operation with Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law (NIFS) is pleased to welcome you to Norwegian Maritime Law Day 2023. The aim of the seminar is to provide in-depth presentations on topical issues and at the same time provide a meeting place for maritime law practitioners. The seminar will be conducted in English.

Program:

14:00 – 14:15 Coffee, find your seat and welcome remarks

14:15 - 14:30 Introduction – The Nordic Plan at the core of marine insurance (Speaker: Maria Linn Riis, Stipendiat, NIFS)

14:30 – 15:00 The Nordic Plan and general legal principles: the “Champion Express” judgement as an example or an outlier (Speaker: Advokat Anders W.                        Færden, Partner, Wikborg Rein)

15:00– 15:20 Coffee break

15:20 – 16:20 The right to lead? – The role of the claims leader under The Nordic Plan v. English and German terms

• Introduction to the legal issues (Speakers: Helga Hodne, Senior Claims Executive, Hull and Nina Hanevold-Sandvik, Vice President, Casualty and Major Claims, Skuld)
• The insurers’ perspective (Speaker: Teresa Marie Cunningham, Senior Claims Executive, Gard)
• The broker’s perspective (Speaker: Anders Mjaaland, Gallagher Bergvall AS)
• Case (Speakers: Helga Hodne, Senior Claims Executive, Hull and Nina Hanevold-Sandvik, Vice President, Casualty and Major Claims, Skuld)

16:20 – 16:40 Coffee break

16:40 – 17:10 Ship detention – War v. marine peril (Speaker: Andreas Meidell, Partner, Thommessen)

17:10 – 17:40 Loss of hire (NP Chapter 16) (Speaker: Sveinung Måkestad, Vice President, Gard)

17:40 – 18:00 The Nordic Plan in an international context (Speaker: Stephen Askins, Partner, Tatham & Co.)

The seminar will be followed by drinks and the traditional open-faced sandwiches.

The seminar and the dinner/reception are free of charge to members of The Norwegian Maritime Association and employees and students at Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law (NIFS). For all others the price is NOK 500.

Please register by email to hege.byfuglien@svw.no no later than 10 November.

We look forward to seeing you!