BILA Charitable Trust Book Prize

The Trustees of the British Insurance Law Association Charitable Trust have established a prize known as the "British Insurance Law Association Book Prize". The Prize of £1,000 is available to be awarded annually to the author (or joint authors) of a published work constituting in the opinion of the Trustees the most notable contribution to literature in the field of law as it affects insurance.

Winner of the 2017 BILA Book Prize

Alison Green, Chair of the BILA Charitable Trust presented the award to the winner of the 2017 BILA Book Prize to Professor Zhen Jing, Professor of Commercial Law at Bangor Law School, at the British Insurance Law Association's AGM held on 27 October 2017, in the Presentation Rooms on Gallery 11 at Lloyd's.

The award was for her publication:

How to apply / eligibility

To qualify for the prize the work must first have been published in the English Language in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the prize is to be awarded. Authors wishing to have their work considered for the Prize should apply in writing to Ms Alison Green, BILA Trustee c/o 2 Temple Gardens, Temple, London EC4Y 9AY before 30th April in the year following publication, submitting one copy of their work. The Trustees in their absolute discretion may decide that the prize shall not be awarded in any year and the decision of the Trustees on any matter relating to the Prize shall be final.

 

Previous winners include:

2016 The Law of Motor Insurance by Prof Robert Merkin QC and Maggie Hemsworth - Sweet & Maxwell

2015 Marine Insurance Fraud by Baris Soyer – Informa

2014 Lloyd’s: Law and Practice by Julian Burling - Informa Law

2013 Research Handbook on International Insurance Law & Regulation edited by Julian Burling and Kevin Lazarus - Edward Elgar

2012 JOINT WINNERS:

Liability Insurance in International Arbitration: The Bermuda Form, 2nd Edition, by Richard
Jacobs QC, Paul Stanley QC and Lorelie S. Masters – Hart Publishing
and
The Bermuda Form: Interpretation and Dispute Resolution of Excess Liability Insurance by David Scorey, Richard Geddes and Chris Harris – OUP

2011 Dr. Judith P. Summer for Insurance Law & the Financial Ombudsman Service – Informa2010 John Dunt of Clyde & Co for “Marine Cargo Insurance” - Informa

2010 John Dunt of Clyde & Co for "Marine Cargo Insurance" - Lloyd's List/Informa
 
 

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