Maritime Department

Certificate in Alternative Disputes Resolution – Arbitration

Key Features

Code                               M203

Modules                        4

Duration                       4 months

Registration                 Starts 16 May 2022

Teaching                       Distance learning

Credits                           24

Tuition Fees                 $3,000    
                                        €2,650    

Overview
The Certificate in Alternative Disputes Resolution – Arbitration has been designed in order to provide the necessary knowledge to people who are willing to work in shipping industry or to people who work in maritime sector and willing to improve their shipping and maritime knowledge.

Objectives
The program’s goals is to equip students with a thorough knowledge of aspects of the maritime business to enable them to fulfill the requirements to enter within the maritime world and its associated industries. To achieve this purpose, the program offers its students a unique blend of professional and academic courses. Students after this program will become rapidly adaptive to the needs of employers and to respond appropriately and imaginatively to emerging issues in a dynamic industry.

Learning Outcomes
This course will equip the students with a strong background in the standard core curriculum of business administration subjects. Also, it will provide an innovative, “hands-on” approach to instruction directed by dedicated faculty composed of experts in their fields and to provide a good grounding for variety of careers in range of management functions.

At the end of this program the students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the field of shipping and maritime management, structure and operation; to describe the functions of shipping companies, to understand the role of international organizations and Associations, to identify and describe the major issues in the port management, handling of cargoes and documentation involved. At the end of this program the student will be comfortable with the main Maritime Terminology. Also, they will know the standard form contracts, the shipping documents and the Key International Conventions of the IMO, they will develop their capacity for independent learning and continuing professional development as well as they learn scientific writing skills.

1. The Concept of Alternative Disputes Resolution - mediation
DISPUTES IN SHIPPING
• Carriage of Goods by Sea (Charter Parties, Bills of lading)
• Marine Insurance (Hull and Machinery, P+I Club)
• Marine Pollution
ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM
• Civil Law, Common Law,
• Courts’ Structure (High Court, The Court of Appeal, The House of Lords)
• Legal Profession (Solicitor. Barrister)
THE NEUTRAL MAN (an impartial third party)
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTES RESOLUTION (Conciliation, Mediation, Arbitration)
MEDIATION
2. Arbitration
ARBITRATION ACT 1996
• Aspects of Arbitration Proceedings
• The Arbitration Agreement
• The Parties to Arbitration
• The Arbitral Tribunal
• General Duty of the Arbitral Tribunal
• Powers of the Arbitral Tribunal in Conducting the Reference
• Powers of the Court in the Course of the Arbitral Proceedings
• The Award
• Costs of the Arbitration
3. Other types of arbitrartion
THE SMALL CLAIMS PROCEDURE 2012
UNCITRAL Model Law 1985/2006
ARBITRATION GLOSSARY
ARBITRATION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (Territorial Sea, Exclusive Economic Zone, Continental Shelf, Other Maritime Zones)
• Arbitrators
• The Arbitral Tribunal
• The Award
4. Project
3,000 words project report

Entry Requirements

High School diploma.

English language: GCSE English Language grade 4/C – IB grade 4 Higher Level. If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.

Basic Information Technology skills.

Efficient way of study 

Every video-lecture is supported by
a text-book which consists of the
speech-text and the Power Point presentation

Inspire your future

Study from any place Worldwide

No limits in education

Straightforward way of teaching

TELEMATIC

Worldwide telematic study. No need to attend physically in the class. You watch the lectures in video form, any time you would like and many times as you need. The speech of every video lecture is written in text form, by including the figures and the highlights of the lecture. You interact with the lecturers and tutors in electronic form.

Watch Videolectures

1

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Assignment & Project

2

Final viva (live video)

3

Get your Degree awarded

4

Career - Maritime Jobs

Academic staff consisting of professionals with significant career at sea and generally in the shipping industry, being in collaboration with special academic personnel highly expertize in business and the international maritime affairs. Below are the maritime jobs, that our courses prepare you.

WORK IN EXECUTIVE MARITIME POSITIONS

Our students, regardless their professional origin and their academic level, acquire the necessary knowledge which gives them the opportunity to get an outstanding job position in shipping and rise to the highest levels of the maritime industry.  

For more information

Get in touch

Admissions Office
99 Wall Street
Suite# 2838
New York, NY
10005, USA
Tel. +1 646 980 5595 (NY)
+44 204 577 1704 (LON)
+30 211 2344 636 (ATH)
+85 280 0906 442 (HKG)
info@orion-university.com

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