Jason Chuah

Head of Academic Law

Jason is Head of Academic Law at The City Law School. He has held scholarships from Barclays Bank and the UK Overseas Development Authority at St Johns College, Cambridge University. He was the holder of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Award and the Cambridge Commonwealth Fellowship and also has a Certificate in Export with Distinction from the Institute of Export, winning the Clive Schmitthoff Commercial Law prize and the Sweet & Maxwell book prize.

Jason has been on the World Intellectual Property Organisation's list of specialist speakers in e-commerce, and was a speaker for the International Securities Markets Association training courses. He is also an Executive Director of the London Universities Maritime Law and Policy Group and has been nominated three times for the Oxford University Press Award for Best Law Teacher of the Year.

He is a peer review of the Arts and Humanities Research Council and has been involved in various consultations with the Ministry of Justice, the OECD, the ICC, the Association of British Insurers, the UNCITRAL, etc.

Jason's PhD students have worked on Cross Border Insolvency Law, Sea based Oil Pollution Funds in China, Credit Default Swaps, Internet Banking Services, Electronic Bills of Lading, Aviation Law and Regulation, Insolvency Law and, the Music Industry and EU Merger Regulation.

His current PhD students are:

• Jose Maria Lezcano - Corporate Personality
• Shahnaz Sulaiman - Regulation of General Aviation
• Julia Lessa - Protection of Seafarers
• Carlo Corcione - Carriage of Goods by Sea
• Aniekan Johnson - Maritime Cabotage
• Faizah Nazri - Carriage of Goods by Sea

Jason is on the Editorial Board for Journal of International Maritime Law (Lawtext), Shipping and Trade Law (Informa), International Company and Commercial Law Review (Sweet & Maxwell), International Trade Law and Regulation (Sweet & Maxwell) and Finance and Credit Law (Singlelaw). His articles have been cited by tribunals in the US, the EU and England, including the Court of Justice of the EU.

Books and chapters in books

• "The Impact of the Rotterdam Rules on Himalaya Clauses - a study of the legal implications for terminal operators" in D.R. Thomas (ed), "The Law relating to the Carriage of Goods by Sea under the Rotterdam Rules" (Informa, London) (2010)
• (co-editor: Prof Michael Furmston) Textbook on Commercial Law (Pearson, Harlow) (2010) 688 pp; (review: "this is, in my opinion, the best introductory textbook on commercial and consumer law"; "[chapter 6] is excellent")
• Chapter 9 "Laytime and Demurrage Clauses in contracts of sale - a Survey of the New York Society of Maritime Arbitrators' Practice and English case law" in D.R. Thomas (ed) "Legal Issues in Voyage Charters" (Informa, London) (2009) (pp 171-199)
• Law of International Trade (Sweet & Maxwell, London) 4th edn, (2009) 733 pp + index. Reviews: "a masterpiece in which the author has been successful in presenting the theoretical framework of the rules" (Int Comparative LQ); "Chuah … an essential and necessary tool..." (South African Mercantile LJ); "... a valuable and extremely welcome flashlight." (Student Law Journal)
• Editor, (General Editors: Sir Peter Cresswell, formerly Justice of the High Court; Sir William Blair, Justice of the High Court; G J S Hill; Philip R Wood; P M Phillips; Richard Hooley. Editors: R Brent; Sonia Tolaney; M B G Sheridan, G A Walker), Encyclopaedia of Banking Law (Butterworths lexisnexis, London) (looseleaf from 1996 to present)
• Editor, (co-editor Mark Howard QC & Roger Masefield, Brick Court Chambers) Butterworths Banking Law Guide (Lexisnexis Butterworths (London)) (2006)
• Author of Chapter 3 on Payment and Payment Systems in the book; and co-author (with Roger Masefield and Mark Howard QC) Chapter 6 on Trade Finance: Letters of Credit and Demand Guarantees
• Chapter on General Aspects of Lender Liability under English law (pp15-96) in Sir William Blair and Prof. Ross Cranston QC, Banks, Liability and Risk (LLP, London) (2001)
• Chapter on the Law of Agency in R. Upex's Davies on Contract (Sweet & Maxwell, London) Eight Edition, 1999; Ninth Edition, 2004
• (co-author R. Earle) Statutes and Conventions on Private International Law (Cavendish, London) 2nd edn (2005)
• (co-author A. Kaczorowska), Conflict of Laws (Q&A series, Cavendish, London) 2nd edn (2000)
• Law of International Trade (Q&A series, Cavendish, London) 2nd edn (1999)

Selected recent peer reviewed articles and conference papers

• Resolving Unresolved Relationship Problems - the case of Cross Border Insolvency and Pending Arbitrations [2011] European Company and Financial Law Review
• Impact of Islamic Law on Commercial Sale Contracts - a Private International Law dimension in Europe [2010] 4 European Journal of Commercial Contract Law 191
• Export Credit and Credit Guarantee Institutions - Balancing Values in the Regulatory Environment [2010] International Trade Law and Regulation 155
• An Analysis of Acceptance and Deferred Payment Credits in Civil and Common Law (co-author, Profazio) [2007] Journal of International Maritime Law
• Emerging Legal Challenges for Countertrade Techniques in International Trade (co-author, Sumer) [2007] International Trade Law and Regulation 111-124
• An Analysis of the proposed EU Legislation on Supply Chain Security [2007] Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 523-544
• International Trade Financing Instruments expressed to be governed by Islamic principles A Study of the Morabaha in English Law (2006) 27 Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business 137-170
• Liner Conferences in the EU and the Proposed Review of EC Regulation 4056/86 [2005] Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 207-233

Other selected recent publications

• The Proposed Changes to the Brussels Jurisdiction and Judgments Regulation (2010) 16 Journal of International Maritime Law (J.I.M.L.) 404
• New Rights for Ship Passengers [2010] J.I.M.L. 1
• New EU financial supervisory framework one step closer to completion (2010) Finance & Credit Law (F. & C.L.) 2010, Oct, 6
• EU maritime security - protecting maritime transport from piracy J.I.M.L. 2010, 16(1), 5
•  The New Liner Shipping Consortia Block Exemption Comes into Force [2010] 5 J.I.M.L. (This article was on SSRN's top 5 download list of International Trade Law and Policy)
• The Rotterdam Rules - all change or no change for trading nations (2009) 58 Student Law Rev. 51
• The Third EU Maritime Safety Package - Objectives and Challenges [2009] 3 J.I.M.L. 271 [This paper was listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for ERN: Politics & Influence (10 July 2010) and for PSN: International Trade Policy (15 June 2010)]
• Pirate's Ransom - To Pay or not to Pay, (2009) 56 Student Law Rev. 46-47