General Course Information
1.1 Course details
| Course code: | LLAW6327 / JDOC6327 |
| Course name: | Law of Marine Insurance |
| Programme offered under: | LLM Programme / JD Programme |
| Semester: | Second |
| Prerequisites / Co-requisites: | No |
| Credit point value: | 9 credits / 6 credits |
1.2 Course description
The course covers both Hong Kong and English marine insurance law (from where the HK regime originates and remains closely aligned). The law of marine insurance concerns the insurance of property (eg, ships/cargoes), exposed to maritime perils.
It covers, amongst other things:
(i) the definition and requirements of a valid marine insurance contract, including the doctrine of insurable interest,
(ii) the conclusion of the contract and the duty of utmost good faith,
(iii) the categories of marine insurance contract,
(iv) the parties and their agents,
(vi) the principle of indemnity,
(vii) coverage focussing on marine and war risks,
(viii) the terms of the contract,
(ix) the measure of indemnity
The course involves a close reading of the HK Marine Insurance Ord/the UK Marine Insurance Act 1906 and also involves study of the extensive case law.
1.3 Course teachers
| Name | E-mail address | Office | Consultation | |
| Course convenor | John Lowry | TBA | TBA | By email |
1.4 Course Outline (for elective course)
| Please click the link here for the course outline (HKU Portal login required). |
Learning Outcomes
2.1 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) for this course
CLO 1 Identify and discuss in outline the history, main purpose and characteristics of marine insurance contracts and the theory of risk.
CLO 2 Explain the difficulties involved in distinguishing between insurance and other types of contract and why such distinction is important.
CLO 3 Critically analyse the law and doctrines of HK marine insurance Law and address whether there is a need for reform.
2.2 LLM and JD Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Please refer to the following link:
LLM – https://course.law.hku.hk/llm-plo/
JD – https://course.law.hku.hk/jd-plo/
2.3 Programme Learning Outcomes to be achieved in this course
| PLO A | PLO B | PLO C | PLO D | PLO E | PLO F | |
| CLO 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CLO 2 | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| CLO 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Assessment(s)
3.1 Assessment Summary
| Assessment task | Weighting | Feedback method* | Course learning outcomes |
| Problem-style question | 50% | 1 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Essasy research question | 50% | 1 | 1, 2, 3 |
| *Feedback method (to be determined by course teacher) | |
| 1 | A general course report to be disseminated through Moodle |
| 2 | Individual feedback to be disseminated by email / through Moodle |
| 3 | Individual review meeting upon appointment |
| 4 | Group review meeting |
| 5 | In-class verbal feedback |
3.2 Assessment Detail
To be advised by course convenor(s). See also Course Outline above.
3.3 Grading Criteria
Please refer to the following link: https://www.law.hku.hk/_files/law_programme_grade_descriptors.pdf
Learning Activities
4.1 Learning Activity Plan
| Seminar: | 3 hours / week for 12 teaching weeks |
| Private study time: | 9.5 hours / week for 12 teaching weeks |
Remarks: the normative student study load per credit unit is 25 ± 5 hours (ie. 150 ± 30 hours for a 6-credit course), which includes all learning activities and experiences within and outside of classroom, and any assessment task and examinations and associated preparations.
4.2 Details of Learning Activities
To be advised by course convenor(s).
Learning Resources
5.1 Resources
| Reading materials: | Reading materials are posted on Moodle |
| Core reading list: | TBA |
| Recommended reading list: | TBA |
5.2 Links
Please refer to the following link: http://www.law.hku.hk/course/learning-resources/