Pollution, Liability and the Rena: Lessons and Opportunities for New Zealand

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Bevan Marten

Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law

Date Written: October 10, 2011

Abstract

This short piece was an initial reaction to some of the liability issues arising from the Rena disaster, in which a container ship struck a reef off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand. It discusses New Zealand's out-dated global liability regime, based on the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, and the prospects of recovery for pollution-related damage.

An edited version of this piece was published in the New Zealand Law Journal.

Keywords: Maritime law, limitation of liability, pollution liability

JEL Classification: K39

Suggested Citation

Marten, Bevan, Pollution, Liability and the Rena: Lessons and Opportunities for New Zealand (October 10, 2011). New Zealand Law Journal 341, 2011, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper No. 48/2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2280152

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