
Overview
Background
Justice Sarah Derrington is Chair of the Admiralty Rules Committee and has been a member since 2006, and, in 2024, was appointed Chair of the United Nations Coordination Committee for Australia (UNCCA). She is Past President of the Maritime Law Association of Australian and New Zealand (MLAANZ) and, from 2012-2017 served on the Board of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). From 2012-223 Justice Sarah Derrington was a member of the Council of the Australian Maritime College (AMC), and from 2015-2024 served as a member of the Council of the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM). She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law in 2009, of the Nautical Institute in 2013, and of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018. From 9 January 2018 to 9 January 2023, she was President of the Australian Law Reform Commission. Justice Sarah Derrington was made an Honorary Bencher of Gray’s Inn in 2021 and, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Justice Sarah Derrington was appointed to the Federal Court of Australia on 10 January 2018.
Justice Sarah Derrington pursued dual careers at the Bar and in the Academy, being appointed Professor of Admiralty Law in 2008. Immediately prior to her appointment to the Court, she served as Dean of Law at the University of Queensland. She is the author (with James M Turner QC of the English Bar) of The Law and Practice of Admiralty Matters, now in its second edition (OUP, 2016) and (with Dr Michael White OAM QC) of Australian Maritime Law (4th edn, Federation Press, 2020).
She was educated at The University of Queensland, from where she holds a BA (in French and German), an LLB (Hons), an LLM, and a PhD in the field of marine insurance law. She was admitted to the Bar in Queensland in 1990 and as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the ACT.
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Sarah Derrington is:
- Not available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Law, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework) of Law, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2016
Book
The law and practice of admiralty matters
Derrington, Sarah C. and Turner, James M. (2016). The law and practice of admiralty matters. 2nd ed. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2016
Book Chapter
Marine Insurance Act 1906: magnificent achievement or monstrous aberration
Merkin, Robert and Derrington, Sarah (2016). Marine Insurance Act 1906: magnificent achievement or monstrous aberration. The modern law of marine insurance. (pp. 1-39) edited by D. Rhidian Thomas. London, United Kingdom: Informa Law from Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315689630
2015
Book Chapter
Marine insurance act 1906: magnificent achievement of monstrous aberration
Merkin, Robert and Derrington, Sarah (2015). Marine insurance act 1906: magnificent achievement of monstrous aberration. The modern law of marine insurance. (pp. 1-42) edited by Professor D. Rhidian Thomas. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Informa Law.
2014
Conference Publication
Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction in Australia: "They builded better than they knew"
Derrington, Sarah C. (2014). Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction in Australia: "They builded better than they knew". International Commercial Law and Arbitration Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 22-23 August, 2013. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law, University of Sydney.
2014
Book Chapter
From Lord High Admiral to Archbishop of Titipu: the symbiosis between church and matters maritime
Derrington, Sarah C. (2014). From Lord High Admiral to Archbishop of Titipu: the symbiosis between church and matters maritime. The Idea of Legal History: A Tribute in Honour of Dr Michael White QC. (pp. 110-129) edited by Aladin Rahemtula and Mark Sayers. Brisbane, Australia: Supreme Court Library Queensland.
2014
Book Chapter
Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction in the United States: Same Same but Different...
Derrington, Sarah (2014). Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction in the United States: Same Same but Different.... International Commercial Law and Arbitration: Perspectives. (pp. 159-175) edited by Nye Perram. Sydney, Australia: Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law, University of Sydney.
2012
Journal Article
Enforcement of Foreign Maritime Awards in Australia: Beware COGSA Section 11
McQueen, Peter and Derrington, Sarah (2012). Enforcement of Foreign Maritime Awards in Australia: Beware COGSA Section 11. Shipping and Transport Lawyer International, 9 (2), 22-26.
2012
Book Chapter
Marine oil and gas pollution spills in Australian waters
Cogliati-Bantz, Vincent, Derrington, Sarah, Forrest, Craig, Gaskell, Nick and White, Michael (2012). Marine oil and gas pollution spills in Australian waters. The regulation of international shipping: international and comparative perspectives: essays in honor of Edgar Gold. (pp. 371-400) edited by Aldo Chircop, Norman Letalik, Ted L. McDorman and Susan J. Rolston. Leiden, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. doi: 10.1163/9789004202443
2011
Journal Article
It's raining claims: Challenging decisions on insurance through the Financial Ombudsman Service
Bell, Justine and Derrington, Sarah (2011). It's raining claims: Challenging decisions on insurance through the Financial Ombudsman Service. Proctor, 31 (9), 18-20.
2010
Conference Publication
Admiralty and insolvency
Derrington, Sarah (2010). Admiralty and insolvency. International Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 27-28 November, 2009. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law.
2009
Journal Article
The Interaction Between Admiralty & Insolvency Law
Derrington, Sarah (2009). The Interaction Between Admiralty & Insolvency Law. Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal, 23, 30-38.
2008
Journal Article
Une Brève Introduction Au Droit Maritime Australien
Derrington, Sarah C. (2008). Une Brève Introduction Au Droit Maritime Australien. Annuaire De Droit Maritime Et Océanique, XXVI (1), 571-586.
2008
Journal Article
Towage contracts in Australia - Does your contract say what you think it does?
Derringon, Sarah (2008). Towage contracts in Australia - Does your contract say what you think it does?. Shipping and Transport Lawyer International, 7 (1), 8-10.
2008
Other Outputs
Admiralty law
Derrington, Sarah C. (2008). Admiralty law.
2007
Journal Article
The continuing utility of the action in rem
Derrington, Sarah (2007). The continuing utility of the action in rem. The Law Quarterly Review, 123, 358-361.
2007
Conference Publication
Confidentiality in arbitration: The English and Australian approaches examined
Derrington, Sarah C. and Turner, James M. (2007). Confidentiality in arbitration: The English and Australian approaches examined. 16th International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators, Singapore, 26 February - 2 March, 2007. Singapore: International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators.
2007
Book
The law and practice of admiralty matters
Derrington, S. C. and Turner, J. M. (2007). The law and practice of admiralty matters. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2007
Journal Article
My ship my castle: The forfeiture of property rights in the Admiralty Law context
Derrington, S. C. (2007). My ship my castle: The forfeiture of property rights in the Admiralty Law context. University of Queensland Law Journal, 26 (2), 341-351.
2007
Journal Article
An illusory distinction - The Australian and English approaches to confidentiality in arbitration: Transfield Phillipines Inc and Ors v Pacific Hydro Ltd and Ors [2006] VSC 175
Derrington, S. C. (2007). An illusory distinction - The Australian and English approaches to confidentiality in arbitration: Transfield Phillipines Inc and Ors v Pacific Hydro Ltd and Ors [2006] VSC 175. Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal, 21 (2), 188-190.
2006
Journal Article
Bunkers - Not Property but Ship
Derrington, S C (2006). Bunkers - Not Property but Ship. Shipping and Transport Lawyer International, 6 (1), 20-22.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Sarah Derrington is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
An Examination of the Application of the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Regime of the Commonwealth of Australia to the International Regimes Governing the Carriage of Goods by Sea.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Craig Forrest
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CONCEPT OF SHIPPING CONTAINERS
Principal Advisor
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