Prof. Emer. D. RHIDIAN THOMAS

Swansea University Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP
Wales, UK
Email: rhidianthomas@btinternet.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • Professor Emeritus of Maritime Law and Founder Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University, Wales, UK
  • Professor D. Rhidian Thomas LLB (Wales), MA (Sheffield), LLD (Hon), University of Gothenburg

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • He previously held academic positions at Cardiff University and the University of East Anglia; and visiting positions at universities in Europe, Scandinavia, Far East and North America
  • From 1989 – 2000 he was an Adjunct Professor on the University of Detroit Mercy London Law Programme and also Director of the Lloyd’s Maritime Training Seminars
  • In 2011 – 2012 he held the Francqui Chair at the University of Leuven and is currently visiting professor at Gothenburg University, which conferred on him an Honorary Doctorate of Law in 2000
  • He has also lectured at the World Maritime University and the IMO International Maritime Law Institute in Malta
  • In 2022 he delivered the Professor William Tetley lecture at the Institute of Maritime Law, Tulane University, USA

MEMBERSHIPS

  • The Journal of International Maritime Law, Editor-in-Chief
  • Shipping & Trade Law
  • Poredbeno pomorsko pravo = Comparative Maritime Law
  • Comite Maritime International
  • International Standing Committee on Marine Insurance
  • British Maritime Law Association
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Croatian Maritime Law Association, Honorary Member
  • He was a member of the UK Departmental Advisory Committee on Arbitration Law which drafted the Arbitration Act 1996

PRINCIPAL TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Maritime and shipping law
  • Marine insurance law
  • International trade law
  • Private international law
  • Dispute resolution

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • He has written, edited and contributed to many books and published widely in academic and professional journals
  • His books are on Maritime Liens, Appeals from Arbitration Awards and the Default Powers of Arbitrators
  • The books edited and contributed to cover a range of topics, including carriage of goods by sea, time and voyage charterparties, maritime liability regimes, marine pollution and marine insurance, in particular the Modern Law of Marine Insurance series (5 Volumes)

(…) https://www.swansea.ac.uk/law/istl/research/research-record/professor-rhidian-thomas/

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