ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY
April 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE BRITISH Maritime Law Association has called on European Union legislators to be careful when framing any possible directive on environmental liability, to make sure that its regulations do not clash with existing international conventions on sea pollution.The association - whose members include shipowners, insurers, insurance brokers and maritime lawyers - is particularly concerned that an EU law might affect the existing international liability and compensation regime for pollution of the marine environment in the Civil Liability and Fund ...
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