Winner yCMI Essay Prize 2023: Kevin Chan (Singapore)

One of the highlights of the CMI Assembly in Montreal was the announcement of the yCMI Essay Prize winner by Charitable Trust Chair Tom Birch Reynardson. The winner is Kevin Chan from Singapore with his essay: CHARTING A COURSE FOR A.I.’S BRAND OF JUSTICE IN MARITIME DISPUTES .

What the judges said:

“This paper is one I enjoyed most in 8 papers submitted to this year’s competition. It is full of originality and ingenuity.”

“… three hypothetical cases are well constructed for the purpose and it makes this paper sufficiently original”

“A pleasure to read this essay!
The author starts with an introduction on ChatGBT and gives an overview of the different objectives of maritime dispute reslution. His subsequent comments are stringently measured against these objectives.  In the main section of the essay the author conducts three own studies, showing how ChatGBT deals with legal issues. It is impressive to see what ChatGBT is capable of. This passage is particularly well done!”

“Fascinating,  This paper has the author leaving the comfort zone of the ordinary”

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yCMI runner-up Essay 2023 is Chante Fourie with her Essay: Charting the Sea of Limitation: Analysis of the IMO Unified Interpretation on the Test for Breaking the Shipowner’s Right to Limit Liability.

What the judges said:

“Very useful analysis on the Unified Interpretation on the Test for Breaking the Shipowner’s Rights to Limit Liability …. but the analysis was carefully done”

”… a fairly masterly assessment of the range of issues, well presented, and in a critical way“

“Good. An appreciation of different domestic approaches to an issue in which an international solution shave been attempted.”

“Logical structure and clear layout”

“Broad research – including CMI resources.  Well written prose, and well set out”