Teaching and education
Dafni Eirini Melitsi holding her Maritime Master’s Competition award
The Insurance, Shipping & Aviation Law Institute offers an LLM taught by leading academics, based on rigorous, cutting-edge research.
We are the only law department in the country to be involved in Maritime UK’s annual Maritime Masters competition in which master’s students from 11 UK universities engaged in the study of different maritime disciplines present their research projects to a varied audience of practitioners from the maritime sector. Queen Mary is the only institution to have won the award twice. Tessa Jones won the inaugural competition in 2018 and Dafni Eirini Melitsi won in 2023.
International Maritime Law LLM
LLM in International Shipping Law Students on their annual visit to the International Maritime Organisation
Foundational
- SOLM144 Marine Insurance Law (30 credits)
- SOLM350 International Shipping Law (60 credits)
Specialist (Operational)
- SOLM142 Charterparties (15 credits)
- SOLM153 Protection and Indemnity P&I Clubs (15 credits)
- SOLM148 Legal Aspects of Paperless Trade (15 credits)
Specialist (Regulation)
- SOLM146 International Regulation of Shipping (15 credits)
- SOLM149 Law of the Sea: Freedom of Navigation and Practice (15 credits)
Specialist (Dispute resolution)
- SOLM150 Admiralty Law (15 credits)
- SOLM154 Maritime Conflict of Laws (30 credits)
- SOLM145 Maritime Arbitration (30 credits)
Specialist (Aviation)
- SOLM151 Public International and European Air Transport Law (30 credits)
- SOLM152 Private International and European Air Transport Law (30 credits)
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Aviation Law PGCert
The Insurance, Shipping & Aviation Law Institute offers a PG Certificate in Aviation Law. This is an intensive, single-semester programme for students aiming to specialize in the dynamic field of aviation law. This programme is ideal for law graduates, legal practitioners and aviation professionals from related disciplines, such as economics and management. It offers a thorough exploration of both public and private aviation law across two distinct modules. You will study a comprehensive curriculum that enables you to tackle any aviation law-related issue confidently.
Watch our short video with Dr Antigoni Lykotrafiti, the Director of the programme.
Modules
On this programme, you'll study the following aviation law modules: