JICL promotes international legal research and scholarship. In addition to articles by scholars and practitioners on “black letter law,” we welcome interdisciplinary contributions especially those that tangibly link such disciplines as social sciences, economics, international politics and other fields of research and academic debate that may be more empirically based but of major significance in influencing the focus and reform of law in its national and global contexts.

Submissions are welcome for publication in 2023. Articles may be submitted to Professor Anton Cooray of City Law School, The City, University of London at Anton.cooray.1@city.ac.uk to whom any inquiries may also be directed.

• Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP [2021] UKSC 20 examining the fundamental ingredients of the modern tort of negligence and the significance of the scope of a defendants duty of care in relation to issues of both duty and causation.
• Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 consideration of the principles developed in Manchester Building Society in the context of a claim for clinical negligence.
• Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust [2020] UKSC 43 examining the principles underpinning the defence of illegality and the applicability of Patel v Mirza.
• Stoffel v Grondona [2020] UKSC 42 considering the defence of illegality in a solicitors negligence claim.
• Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX [2020] UKSC 14; [2021] A.C. 275 considering the applicability of the defence of illegality in the context of claim for commercial surrogacy.
• WM Morrisons Supermarkets Plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12 assessing the factors central in determining the imposition of vicarious liability for criminal acts.
• The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd [2021] UKSC 1 discussing the over-exclusionary effect of the but for test of causation.
• Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell Plc [2021] UKSC 3 consideration of the situations in which a parent company can be liable for the tortious acts of its subsidiary.

• Ford v Seymour-Williams [2021] EWCA Civ 1848 examining the ingredients required for a finding of liability pursuant to s.2(2) Animals Act 1980.
• Blackpool Football Club Ltd v DSN [2021] EWCA Civ 1352 application of the principles of vicarious liability in relation to the actions of an unpaid football scout.
• The Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses v BXB [2021] EWCA Civ 356 examining the principles of vicarious liability in the context of a claim for assault.
• The White Lion Hotel v James [2021] EWCA Civ 31 examining the extent to which the voluntary taking of an obvious risk can amount to a defence under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957.
• Schembri v Marshall [2020] EWCA Civ 358 reviewing the role of statistics when determining causation in a clinical negligence claim.
• Al-Najar v Cumberland Hotel (London) Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 1716 considering the extent of an occupiers duty to prevent trespassers committing acts of violence.
• Large v Hart [2021] EWCA Civ 24 assessing the application of the SAAMCO principles to a surveyors negligence claim.
• Assetco Plc v Grant Thornton UK LLP [2020] EWCA Civ 1151 considering the application of SAAMCO principles to a negligent audit.
• Jalla v Shell International Trading Shipping Co [2021] EWCA Civ 63 considering the principles applicable to Rylands v Fletcher liability for damage resulting from a single escape.

• Covers standard industry documents providing the legal framework for upstream, midstream and downstream petroleum contracts, with accompanying commentary on their application to energy transactions and related matters
• Looks at issues relating to mineral laws, including licences, and host government and inter-governmental agreements
• Examines preliminary participation contracts, including agreements and concessions relating to confidentiality, area of mutual interest, joint study, joint bidding and joint wells; data trade and sharing contracts; and enforceability of reasonable endeavour and best endeavour covenants
• Assesses model form joint operating agreements, including contents, accounting procedure, and trust deeds
• Examines drilling, procurement and services contracts
• Discusses the principles of unitisation and unitisation agreements, and considers pooling and other joint development options, pre-unit agreements, UUOA and JOA relationships, principles of petroleum lifting and commingling, balancing agreements, title interests, allocation and attribution/substitution agreements
• Advises on petroleum management contracts including those for provision of petroleum processing and operational services; third party access to infrastructure, project structures for gas liquefaction and LNG regasification, contracts for terminal access and provision of services
• Deals with oil, gas and LNG sales contracts dealing in detail with their respective terms
• Goes through shipping contracts, including ship leasing, time and voyage charter-party terms, contracts of affreightment and bills of lading
• Addresses pipeline transportation contracts, looking at the transporter and shipper perspectives, pipeline system rules, sales and transportation contract interfaces, cross-border pipeline investment protection, agreements for pipeline crossing, proximity and tie-in, and pipeline capacity management agreements
• Extends coverage to interest sale and purchase contracts, including asset exchange contracts, farm out and earn out agreements, addressing pre-emption, due diligence, representations and warranties
• Features decommissioning and security contracts
• Includes contractual clauses for the construction of petroleum infrastructure
• Examines corporate and project finance agreements, taking into account contingent consideration, royalty deeds, volumetric production payments, reserves based lending agreements, debt prioritisation and security interests
• Examines options for the negotiated, arbitration and judicial resolution of disputes involving oil and gas contracts and projects, including governing law and jurisdiction provisions
• Covers dispute resolution
• Edited by leading oil and gas lawyer Peter Roberts and written by a team of expert contributors from the OG sector

• The typical structure of English and United States private equity funds
• The principal terms of a private equity fund
• The regime enshrined in the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
• The regime which governs private equity funds in jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands, China, England, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg and Singapore
• UK public policy considerations which are relevant to private equity funds

• A comprehensive explanation of the law and practice of guarantees and surety
• Provides detailed analysis of the statutory and contractual requirements relating to the law of guarantees.
• Covers the applicable law in a wide range of contexts, including guarantees for loans, consumer credit, hire purchase, landlord and tenant, building contracts, commercial contracts, international commerce.
• Examines the guarantors liability and rights against both creditors and debtors.
• Explains the many different forms of contract and sets out the legal principles that underpin them.
• Offers clear and extensive analysis of key judicial decisions arising from guarantee disputes.
• Looks at the elements of a guarantee, its construction, and its enforcement .
• Discusses revocation of contracts and discharge of the surety.
• Addresses insolvency in relation to guarantees.
• Includes a range of valuable precedents including Standard Form Bank Guarantee, On Demand Unconditional Performance Bond, and Bank Guarantee in Respect of Security for Costs.
• Now in its eighth edition and frequently cited in court, this text is the leading work on guarantees.
• Written by the leading experts in the field: the Hon Mrs Justice Geraldine Andrews and Richard Millett QC of Essex Court Chambers, joined in this edition by John Robb, also of Essex Court.
• Appendices ensure that practitioners can quickly refer to extracts of key legislation, including: Statute of Frauds 1677, Bills of Exchange Act 1882, Consumer Credit Act 1974, Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, Insolvency Act 1986, and the Companies Act 2006.