Clive Van Aerde

Maritime Lawyer, Senior Partner at Van Aerde and Partners

Speaker

Clive Van Aerde is a senior partner in the law firm VAN AERDE & PARTNERS (www.vanaerde.com) and is one of Belgium’s top maritime lawyers.

He has represented clients in numerous high profile cases (e.g. in the salvage proceedings and the substantive proceedings following the collision between ms AL ORAIQ and ms FLINTERSTAR; in the many ship arrest and other court proceedings in the aftermath of the OW debacle; etc.).

Degrees:

• Masters in Law (University of Ghent)
• Masters in Port and Maritime Sciences (University of Ghent)

Publications:

• Book: “Zeeschepen onder bewarend beslag - theorie en praktijk” [translation: “Arrest of ships – theory and practice”] [Die Keure, 1988]. This book won the Albert Lilar prize, which was handed over at the conference of the Comité Maritime International in Paris in June 1990.
• Articles:
  • “Is ms. Sirius een zeeschip ?” [translation: “Is ms. Sirius a sea-going vessel?”] [Vervoer & Recht, March 1997, p. 12 ff.]
  • “Doorbraak van rechtspersoonlijkheid, van eigendomsrecht of van eigendomsoverdracht bij beslag op zeeschepen” [translation: “Piercing of the corporate veil, ownership or transfers of ownership when arresting ships”] [Liber Amicorum Hubert Libert, Maklu, 1999, p. 375 ff.]
  • “Belgium – a bunker supplier's paradise?” [World Bunkering, May 2002, p. 58 ff.]
  • “Ship arrest in Belgium” [P&I International, December 2002, p. 18 ff. (part 1) and January 2003, p. 20 ff. (part 2)]
  • “Niche law firms vs. the big corporate players. When small scores big.” [The Baltic, June 2003, p. 68]
  • “Belgian jurisprudence and carrier liability” [P&I International, August 2003, p. 13 ff.]
  • “De aansprakelijkheid van de zeevervoerder voor verlies of beschadiging van lading die op het dek van het schip is vervoerd.” [translation: “Liability of the carrier for loss of and damage to deck cargo”] [Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht, May 2004, p. 419 ff.]
  • “Interpretation of ship arrest laws favour creditors at Belgian ports.” [Lloyd's List, 22 September 2004, p. 6]
  • “Legal system cracks down hard on undeclared deck cargo.” [Lloyd’s List, 29 November 2005]
  • “Liability for damage to or loss of undeclared deck cargo under Belgian law.” [The Maritime Advocate, February 2006, p. 10 ff.]
  • “Dymphna rolls on into further debate.” [Lloyd’s List, 24 May 2006]
  • “Organised chaos. (Recent developments in Belgian jurisprudence on the right of the Belgian courts to hear cargo claims against carriers domiciled outside Belgium.)” [Maritime Risk International, June 2006, p. 18 ff.]
  • “The Belgian Method (The rules of ship arrest in Belgium).” (Maritime Risk International, November 2006, p.12)
  • “La saisie d'un navire autre que le navire auquel se rapporte la créance. Le droit positif belge.” [translation: “The arrest of a vessel other than the vessel to which the claim relates. Belgian law.”][Le Droit Maritime Français, July-August 2010, p. 584 ff.]
  • “Commentaren op de artikelen 1467 t/m 1479” [translation: “Comments on articles 1467 till 1479”] [Larcier Wet en Duiding, Burgerlijk Procesrecht, Deel 2, 2011, p. 689 ff.]
  • “Bewarend beslag op zeeschepen: welk vaartuig is een zeeschip?” [translation: “Conservatory arrest of sea-going ships : which vessel is a sea-going ship?”] [Liber Amicorum Marc A. Huybrechts - Free on Board, Intersentia, 2011, p. 601 ff.]
  • “Bewarend beslag op zeeschepen: een zelfstandig zekerheidsmechanisme” [translation: “Conservatory arrest of sea-going ships : an independant security mechanism”] [Liber Amicorum Eddy Somers - Recht door zee: Hedendaags internationaal zee - en maritiem recht, Maklu, 2015, p. 207 ff.]
  • “Article 3 (1) and (4) of the 1952 Ship Arrest Convention vs. Article 1 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights” [Tijdschrift Vervoer & Recht, 2013-5, p. 127-141 (Part 1) and 2013-6, p. 153-166 (Part 2)]
  • “Commentaren op de artikelen 1467 t/m 1479” [translation: “Comments on articles 1467 till 1479”] [Larcier Duiding, Burgerlijk Procesrecht, Deel III, 2018, p. 506-564]
  • “Rights of arrest” [Bunkerspot, December 2018/January 2019, p. 80-81]
  • “Doorbraak van rechtspersoonlijkheid bij beslag op zeeschepen” [Translation: “Piercing the corporate veil when arresting sea-going ships”] [Tijdschrift voor Internationale Handel en Transportrecht, 2019/2, p. 219-240]