Professor Sarah Derrington is academic dean and head of the T.C. Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland and a practising barrister specialising in shipping and maritime law. Her work has been published in leading international journals in the field of marine insurance and carriage of goods by sea and, with James M. Turner QC of the English Bar, she co-authored The Law & Practice of Admiralty Matters, now in its second edition. She serves on the boards of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, the Australian Maritime College, and the Australian National Maritime Museum. She is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and the Nautical Institute and is a titular member of the Comité Maritime International.

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