Legal Corner

  • What Does It Mean? The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Contractors

    The signing ceremony of the new International Code of Conduct for Private Security Contractors has brought not just the role of States and companies into sharp focus, but it has […]

  • True cost of maritime piracy is still uncertain

    Despite attacks by Somali pirates on international shipping in the Gulf of Aden making headlines across the world, the true cost of these attacks to the maritime insurance industry are […]

  • Summer 2010

    By Stephen Askins With the summer monsoons pushing into the Somali basin, another piracy “season” ends and the depressing cycle shows no real signs of being tamed. Headlines suggest an […]