Dr Livashnee Naidoo

  • Senior Lecturer (School of Law)

Biography

Dr Liv Naidoo joined the School of Law as a Lecturer in Commercial Law in January 2020, having previously held a Lectureship in Commercial Law at the University of Cape Town. She obtained her LLB (cum laude) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, her LLM in Shipping Law (with distinction) from the University of Cape Town, and her PhD from the University of Southampton (2019). Her PhD (Commonwealth Scholar) examined the legal regulation of marine insurance contracts through the lens of applied contract theory. Liv is also an admitted Attorney and Notary of the High Court of South Africa and practised in the areas of International Trade, Shipping and Insurance Law.

Liv has held visiting researcher positions at the University of Cambridge, the University of International Business and Economics (China), and the University of Cape Town. She is an Executive Committee Member of the British Insurance Law Association (BILA), and a past Executive Committee Member of the Society of Legal Scholars (Ordinary Member). She is an Assistant Honorary Editor of the BILA Journal. At the School of Law, she is a member of the Corporate and Financial Law Research Group, and the Private Law Research Group.

 

Research interests

  • Insurance (Contract) Law and Theory
  • International Commercial Law
  • Shipping Law
  • Private Law Theory
  • Sustainability and Technology in Insurance and Shipping markets

Liv welcomes applications for PhD supervision in these areas. 

Publications

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2025

Pollick, Frank ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-4622, Bailey, Morgan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2626-1323, Kim, Jongrae, Freeth, Mark, Miller, Mai and Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2025) Position Paper: Trust, Teamwork and Digital Twins. In: ACM Workshop on Secure and Trustworthy Cyber-Physical Systems (SaT-CPS 2025), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 06 June 2025, pp. 42-47. ISBN 9798400715020 (doi: 10.1145/3716816.3727976)

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2025) The Nordic marine insurance plan. In: Girvin, Stephen and Gürses, Özlem (eds.) Edward Elgar Encyclopedia of Maritime and Oceans Law. Edward Elgar Publishing. (Accepted for Publication)

2024

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2024) Climate litigation risk: the limits of insurance and tort law. In: Soyer, Baris and Özlem, Gürses (eds.) Insurability of Emerging Risks: Law, Theory and Practice. Hart Publishing. ISBN 9781509978717

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2024) Franziska Arnold-Dwyer, Insurance, Climate Change and the Law. British Insurance Law Association Journal, 136, [Book Review]

2023

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2023) Salvage of wreck and state immunity: Argentum Exploration Ltd v The Silver and All Persons Claiming to be Interested in and/or To Have Rights in Respect of, the Silver [2022] EWCA Civ 1318. Lloyd's Shipping and Trade Law, 23(1), pp. 6-8.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2023) Legal and regulatory issues for sustainable marine insurance: the Poseidon Principles for marine insurance. In: Gurses, Ozlem (ed.) Research Handbook on Marine Insurance. Edward Elgar Publishing. (Accepted for Publication)

2022

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2022) (Smart) contractual networks in the carriage of goods by sea. In: Basu-Bal, Abhinayan, Rajput, Trisha, Argüello, Gabriela and Langlet, David (eds.) Regulation of Risk: Transport, Trade and Environment in Perspective. Brill, pp. 573-602. ISBN 9789004518667

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2022) Conceptualising the cyber insurance product: How insurance can enhance risk management frameworks. British Insurance Law Association Journal, 2022, 9.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2022) Contract law and the legislature: autonomy, expectations, and the making of legal doctrine. Social and Legal Studies, 31(2), pp. 336-339. (doi: 10.1177/09646639211029998)[Book Review]

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 and Davey, James (2022) Special Issue on ‘Dissent in Insurance Law’ [Guest Editors]. British Insurance Law Association Journal, 2022,

2020

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2020) From the book of lading to blockchain bills of lading: dynamic merchant tradition and private ordering. In: Hutchison, Andrew and Myburgh, Franziska (eds.) Research Handbook on International Commercial Contracts. Edward Elgar, pp. 223-243. ISBN 9781788971058

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2020) Crewing warranties and the Insurance Act 2015. Maritime Risk International,

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2020) Legal Focus: Crewing warranties and the Insurance Act 2015. Insurance Day,

2018

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2018) Consumer Protection in Modern Commercial Insurance Contract Law. The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS London), 2018.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2018) The Consumerist Approach to Modern Commercial Insurance Contract Law: Drawing a Line in the Sand? The Society of Legal Scholars' Annual Conference, Queen Mary University London, 2018.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2018) Held Covered Clauses and Altering Rules in Marine Insurance. 6th edition of Transport Law de Lege Ferenda, University of Sassari, 2018.

2016

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2016) The Insurance Act 2015: Reflections on Statutory Interpretation and Evolving Values in Insurance Contract Law. The Society of Legal Scholars' Annual Conference, Oxford University, 2016.

2015

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2015) The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007: sinking or salvaging South Africa’s wreck removal legislation? South African Law Journal, 132(4), pp. 849-876.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2015) Revisiting the South African (Marine) Insurance Warranty against the English Insurance Act 2015 and the Nordic Marine Insurance Pan of 2013: Viking Inshore Shipping (Pty) Ltd v Mutual and Federal Insurance Company. South African Mercantile Law Journal, 27(3), pp. 560-576.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2015) Legislative Reform of Marine Insurance Contract Law in South Africa. Fourth Worldwide Congress of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists, McGill University (Montreal, Canada), 24-26 June 2015.

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Number of items: 20.

Articles

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2023) Salvage of wreck and state immunity: Argentum Exploration Ltd v The Silver and All Persons Claiming to be Interested in and/or To Have Rights in Respect of, the Silver [2022] EWCA Civ 1318. Lloyd's Shipping and Trade Law, 23(1), pp. 6-8.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2022) Conceptualising the cyber insurance product: How insurance can enhance risk management frameworks. British Insurance Law Association Journal, 2022, 9.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 and Davey, James (2022) Special Issue on ‘Dissent in Insurance Law’ [Guest Editors]. British Insurance Law Association Journal, 2022,

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2020) Crewing warranties and the Insurance Act 2015. Maritime Risk International,

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2020) Legal Focus: Crewing warranties and the Insurance Act 2015. Insurance Day,

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2015) The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007: sinking or salvaging South Africa’s wreck removal legislation? South African Law Journal, 132(4), pp. 849-876.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2015) Revisiting the South African (Marine) Insurance Warranty against the English Insurance Act 2015 and the Nordic Marine Insurance Pan of 2013: Viking Inshore Shipping (Pty) Ltd v Mutual and Federal Insurance Company. South African Mercantile Law Journal, 27(3), pp. 560-576.

Book Sections

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2025) The Nordic marine insurance plan. In: Girvin, Stephen and Gürses, Özlem (eds.) Edward Elgar Encyclopedia of Maritime and Oceans Law. Edward Elgar Publishing. (Accepted for Publication)

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2024) Climate litigation risk: the limits of insurance and tort law. In: Soyer, Baris and Özlem, Gürses (eds.) Insurability of Emerging Risks: Law, Theory and Practice. Hart Publishing. ISBN 9781509978717

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2023) Legal and regulatory issues for sustainable marine insurance: the Poseidon Principles for marine insurance. In: Gurses, Ozlem (ed.) Research Handbook on Marine Insurance. Edward Elgar Publishing. (Accepted for Publication)

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2022) (Smart) contractual networks in the carriage of goods by sea. In: Basu-Bal, Abhinayan, Rajput, Trisha, Argüello, Gabriela and Langlet, David (eds.) Regulation of Risk: Transport, Trade and Environment in Perspective. Brill, pp. 573-602. ISBN 9789004518667

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2020) From the book of lading to blockchain bills of lading: dynamic merchant tradition and private ordering. In: Hutchison, Andrew and Myburgh, Franziska (eds.) Research Handbook on International Commercial Contracts. Edward Elgar, pp. 223-243. ISBN 9781788971058

Book Reviews

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2024) Franziska Arnold-Dwyer, Insurance, Climate Change and the Law. British Insurance Law Association Journal, 136, [Book Review]

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2022) Contract law and the legislature: autonomy, expectations, and the making of legal doctrine. Social and Legal Studies, 31(2), pp. 336-339. (doi: 10.1177/09646639211029998)[Book Review]

Conference or Workshop Item

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2018) Consumer Protection in Modern Commercial Insurance Contract Law. The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS London), 2018.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2018) The Consumerist Approach to Modern Commercial Insurance Contract Law: Drawing a Line in the Sand? The Society of Legal Scholars' Annual Conference, Queen Mary University London, 2018.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2018) Held Covered Clauses and Altering Rules in Marine Insurance. 6th edition of Transport Law de Lege Ferenda, University of Sassari, 2018.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2016) The Insurance Act 2015: Reflections on Statutory Interpretation and Evolving Values in Insurance Contract Law. The Society of Legal Scholars' Annual Conference, Oxford University, 2016.

Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2015) Legislative Reform of Marine Insurance Contract Law in South Africa. Fourth Worldwide Congress of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists, McGill University (Montreal, Canada), 24-26 June 2015.

Conference Proceedings

Pollick, Frank ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7212-4622, Bailey, Morgan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2626-1323, Kim, Jongrae, Freeth, Mark, Miller, Mai and Naidoo, Livashnee ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-7767 (2025) Position Paper: Trust, Teamwork and Digital Twins. In: ACM Workshop on Secure and Trustworthy Cyber-Physical Systems (SaT-CPS 2025), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 06 June 2025, pp. 42-47. ISBN 9798400715020 (doi: 10.1145/3716816.3727976)

This list was generated on Tue Jun 17 05:41:52 2025 BST.

Grants

  • £30,000, Willis Research Network, Research Challenge Fund 'Trust in Technology' (PI)
  • £15,000, British University in Dubai (Co-PI)
  • £90,000, UK Commonwealth Commission, Doctoral Scholarship

 

 

 

 

Teaching

  • Commercial Law (Common Law and Scots Law) (Level 2
  • Insurance and Financial Markets (LLM)
  • International Sales and Finance (LLM)
  • Commercial Insurance Law (LLM)

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2021: Doctoral College Research Award (University of Southampton)
  • 2019: Top 200 Young South Africans - Law & Justice (Mail & Guardian)

Additional information

Public Consultations

  • 2020, EU, Co-Contributor to the Responses for the Consultation on the Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy.

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