PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nationality: Thai
Date of Birth: 27 January 1979
CURRENT POSITION
14th January 2008-: Head of Legal & Insurance Division, Univan Ship Management Limited, Hong Kong
Duty: In charge of the Legal and Insurance Division, procuring in-house legal assitance to Univan Ship Management Limited in drafting and preparing joint venture agreements, documentations for sale and purchase of marine vessels, time/voyage charter parties, vessel's technical management agreement, as well as liasing with hull and machinery underwriters and protection and indemnity club in handling cargo/crew claims
February 2007-: Independent Researcher & Legal Consultant (Self-employed)
Duty: Researching, assisting, and providing consultations on maritime legal matters, especially marine insurance law
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
September 2002-2006 PhD, Faculty of Law, University of Leicester, UK
Thesis: "Reform of 'non-disclosure' in UK Marine Insurance Law: Exotic Approach or Original Understanding?
Supervisor: Dr.Sarah Dromgoole (now Professor in Maritime Law, School of Law, University of Nottingham)
Examiners: Dr.Baris Soyer (Reader in Commercial and Maritime Law, School of Law, University of Wales, Swansea) and Mr.Ian Snaith (Senior Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Leicester)
September 2001-September 2002 LL.M. (International Commercial Law), Faculty of Law, University of Leicester, UK
Dissertation: "The General Principles of General Average and How They Affect the Rights and Liabilities of the Parties under a Marine Insurance Contract" (70%)
Achieved distinction mark of 73% in International Regulation of Companies module from an essay titled "Two Conflicts of Law Doctrines and Company Law Harmonisation Programme focused on the Draft Fourteenth Directive". This essay sought to analyse the problems presented to the EU by the existence of the "Real Seat" doctrine and the "Place of Incorporation" doctrine.
Module selected: International Regulation of Companies; Intellectual Property Rights and the European Single Market; Contracts for the Carriage of Goods by Sea; Insurance of Goods Carried by Sea; International Sales Transactions; Financing of International Sales Transactions; International Corporate Insolvency; From Single Market to Economic Constitution
2000-2001 Attended some English language courses and took TOEFL exam (603 paper-based)
June 1996-October 1999 LL.B., Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Thailand
Average Mark: 73.19%
Achieved a high mark of 88% in Maritime Law and Private International Law subjects
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
All aspects of Admiralty and Maritime Law, Comparative Law, Insurance Law, Private International Law (Conflict of Laws), Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory (Jurisprudence)
PUBLICATIONS
"Robert Merkin: Insurance Law - An Introduction" (2008) 14 Journal of International Maritime Law 68 [book review]
"Johan H. Botes: From Good Faith to Utmost Good Faith in Marine Insurance" (2007) 13 Journal of International Maritime Law 140 [book review]
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1. Duty of Utmost Good Faith in UK Marine Insurance Law: Possibilty for Reform and the Way Forward
International Conference on Law and Commerce 2005: Simplification and Modernization of Law for Responsible Commerce
Hilton Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
29 September 2005
(This Conference was organised by Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyah of Laws, International Islamic University, Malaysia; School of Law, Victoria University, Australia; The Malaysian Current Law Journal Sdn.Bhd.)
(download PowerPoint presentation here)
2.Duty of Disclosure in Marine Insurance Law: Problems and Possibility to Reform
Festival of Postgraduate Research
University of Leicester
9 June 2005
(exhibition and presentation)
3. Moral Hazard and Non-disclosure: Recent Developments and Remaining Problems
Society of Legal Scholars, Maritime Law Subjct Section, Sheffield Conference 2004
University of Sheffield
13 September 2004
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
3rd March 2008-present: Member of the Hong Kong Maritime Law Association (HKMLA)
2003-2006 : Member of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) - (Ordinary Membership-Research Student)
AWARD
22-30 August 2006 : I was selected to be among 100 Chinese-ethnic persons from around the world to take part in "The Dragon 100 Young Chinese Leaders Forum" organised by the Dragon Foundation and joined its activities in Hong Kong and Xi'An City in Shanxi Province, China
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Thai (native speaker), English (proficient), French (basic level)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Touch-typing (English), Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Legal Databases (such as Westlaw UK, Lexis-Nexis Professional), basic Endnote Programme, basic Web Design
POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY
2004-2006 Executive Committee Member of the Chinese Society of Leicester University
The Chinese Society of Leicester University is one of the large and most active societies within the Students' Union at the University of Leicester with nearly 200 members per academic year drawing from variety of backgrounds. My responsibilities in the Society included:
1.Promoting the Society by recruiting new members
2.Preparing and Organising the "Welcome Night" to welcome members of the Society and also preparing the Annual Chinese New Year Spring Festival Ball
3.Circulating the news and activities of the Society to the members, corresponding with other societies within the university and contacting the external bodies by means of e-mail
Skills gained from the above activities are:
1.Inter-cultural adaptability
2.Communicative and Team-working skills
3.Organising skills
4.Effective Time-management
WIDER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
January 2008-: Dragon 100 Alumni Association
Students' Union Membership
2005/2006 Member of the International Students Association (ISA), Member of the Leicester University Malaysian Society
2004/2005 Member of the International Students Association (ISA), Member of the SIS Leicester
2003/2004 Member of the Chinese Society of Leicester University
2002/2003 Member of the International Students Association (ISA)
Volunteering
2002-2004 Student Guide, University of Leicester
Duty: Communicating and responding to the queries for both parents and students who visited the University of Leicester
Updated as at 14th January 2008
