Pierre-Jean Bordahandy

Biography/ Background

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) and an LLM in International Private Law and Maritime Law (University of Stockholm, Sweden).

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 was 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. 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.

Pierre-Jean joined the Law School at the University of Adelaide as a full-time academic in 2006. Pierre-Jean is also a Research Scholar of the Maritime and Shipping Law Unit (MASLU) at the University of Queensland 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.

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.

Qualifications

PhD in International Private Law (Maritime Law) 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 CDMT (University of Aix-Marseille) and the MASLU (University of Queensland)

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

D.U. in Comparative Law (University of Aix-Marseille)

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

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)

Teaching Interests

Principal Subjects Taught

Introduction to Australian Law
Law of Contract
Comparative Law
International Export Trade Law
International Transport Law

Research Interests

Maritime Law
International Transport Law
Aviation Law
Space Law
Law of the Sea
Insurance Law
Private International Law
Commercial Law
Comparative Law
Criminal Law

Publications

ARTICLES

“Maritime Security and Maritime Law in Australia” Co-authored with Dr. Craig Forrest in Journal of International Maritime Law March April 2008 Vol. 14. n°2 P162.

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. 346-357.

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 AND PRESENTATIONS

Common misconceptions in modern maritime law - 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 26-27 June 2007.

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 9-10 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

MASTER THESIS

Le statut juridique des plates-formes petrolieres - The legal status of off-shore rigs - Thesis for the degree of Diplome d Etudes Superieures Specialisees (D.E.S.S.) at the University of Aix-Marseille - Academic year 1997 - 1998 available at http://www.cdmt.droit.u-3mrs.fr/memoires/m98bopj.doc

The duty to provide cargo in a voyage charter-party - Thesis of Masters in law at the University of Stockholm academic year 1998-1999 available at http://www.juridicum.su.se/transport/Forskning/Uppsatser/pierre.doc

Professional Associations

Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ)

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

Entry last updated: Friday, 28 Nov 2008