Dr Pierre-Jean Bordahandy

Pierre-Jean Bordahandy holds an LLB (University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, France), Diploma in Spanish Law (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain), Diploma in Criminal Sciences (University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, France), DESS in Transport Law (University of Aix-en-Provence, France), an LLM in International Private Law and Maritime Law (University of Stockholm, Sweden) and a D.U. Diploma in Comparative Law (University of Aix-en-Provence, France).

After finishing his LLM Pierre-Jean worked for two years as an in house lawyer and head of the legal department of Lasry Vitrage France S.A. Whilst at Lasry Vitrage Pierre-Jean specialised in legal issues concerning cargo claims, insurance, sales contracts and sole distribution agreements. This experience led him to undertake the study of the legal problems arising of the usage of containers for the carriage of goods by sea at the T.C. Beirne School of Law.

Pierre-Jean has been a part time Tutorial Fellow at the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland where he was also involved in the teaching of a number of maritime and export trade law courses and assisting with the International Maritime Arbitration Moot. From January 2006 to December 2008 Pierre-Jean has been a lecturer at the Law School of the University of Adelaide.

Whilst working on his PhD, Pierre-Jean has also spent time as a consultant to Blake Dawson Waldron and has advised Gadens Lawyers on a mining project in New Caledonia. More recently Pierre-Jean was consultant for the Humane Society International Inc. in respect of whaling in Antarctica.

Since 2007 Pierre-Jean also holds a PhD in Maritime Law at the University of Queensland and Doctorat d Etat en Droit Prive University of Aix-Marseille. Both degrees were awarded according to a cotutelle / joint supervision scheme between the Centre de Droit Maritime et des Transports (CDMT University of Aix-Marseille)and the Maritime and Shipping Law Unit (MASLU University of Queensland) for a thesis entitled The legal implications of the concept of shipping containers.

Pierre-Jean joined the School of Law at the University of South Australia as a full time academic in 2009. Pierre-Jean is also a Research Scholar of the Maritime and Shipping Law Unit (MASLU) at the University of Queensland, a member of the French-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FACCI) of South Australia and a member of the Maritime Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ). Pierre-Jean's work has been published in Europe, the USA and Australia.

• Maritime Law
• Export Trade Law
• Private International Law
• Comparative Law
• Law of the Sea

Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ)

Forum for European Australian Science and Technology Cooperation (FEAST).

French-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FACCI) of South Australia

PhD in Maritime Law (University of Queensland).

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Doctorat d’Etat en Droit Privé (University of Aix-Marseille).

Both degrees were awarded according to a cotutelle / joint supervision scheme between the CDMT (University of Aix-Marseille) and the MASLU (University of Queensland)

"D.U." Diploma in Comparative Law (University of Aix-en-Provence)

LLM" Master in Comparative and International Law with specialisation in maritime and export trade law (Stockholm University - Sweden)

"D.E.S.S." (LLM) Master in Maritime and Transport Law (University of Aix-en-Provence)

Diploma in Criminal Science (Faculty of Law of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, UPPA - France)

Maitrise (LLB) Degree in Private Law (UPPA in Pau - France)

• Maritime Law, Law of the Sea and International Transport Law
• Private International Law and Comparative Law
• Export Trade Law, Insurance Law, Commercial Law
• Aviation and Space Law
• Criminal Law

Maritime security and maritime law in Australia Co Authored with Dr. Craig Forrest in Journal of International Maritime Law (2008) Vol. 14

Australian Maritime Law Update in the Droit Maritime Francais 2008 Vol 60 n 688 P. 71.

The liability attached to the supply of containers by a maritime carrier in Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal Vol 21, No 2 (2007) available online at https://maritimejournal.murdoch.edu.au/

La mise a disposition de conteneur par le transporteur maritime : Decision MV Matisse Cour d Appel d'Aix-en-Provence 2 Chambre 15 Fevrier 2007 in Le Droit Maritime Francais April 2007 Vol. 59 nbr. 680 P. 346357.

Containers: a conundrum or a concept? Journal of International Maritime Law 11 [2005] 6

Package and unit limitation of liability under the Hague-Visby Rules El Greco, Journal of International Maritime Law 10 [2004] 5

CONFERENCES PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

The application of the Hague-Visby and Hamburg Rules to containers. Presentation for the Hong Kong Maritime Law Association Hong-Kong 20 January 2009.

A comparative Law approach of the regime applicable to freight forwarders. Paper delivered at the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference in Perth September 2008.

Common misconceptions in modern maritime law. Paper delivered at the University of Helsinki, 19 December 2007.

A legal strategy for shipping containers The University of Hong Kong, 14 December 2007.

The legal implications of the concept of ISO like shipping containers Thesis findings, Container Owners Association Regional meeting, Paris June 2007. In Container Owner Association web site at http://www.containerownersassociation.org/

The Hague and Hague-Visby system through the prism of containers, Rotterdam law school, Center for Transport Law 21 June 2007.

The legal implication of the concept of shipping container Thesis findings, Container Owners Association Regional meeting, Sydney May 2007.

The Concept of Containers, the New researchers, New Research conference Law School, University of Adelaide, 30 September 1 October 2004

Update on Maritime Law Issues, presentation at Rajah and Tann Solicitors, Singapore, July 2004

Some perspectives of the French Judicial System, presentation at Gadens Lawyers Brisbane, November 2003

"The Rule, the Box, the Court" Paper presented at the 5th Annual Postgraduate Conference, Law School, University of Sydney, 31 October 1 November 2003

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Law

• Maritime Law
• Shipping Law
• International Transport Law