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Ms Seshni Govindasamy

Lecturer

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Howard College 

Office Address

Suite G

Academic Qualifications

Biography

Seshni Govindasamy is a lecturer at the School of Law, where she lectures human rights, jurisprudence and civil procedure. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where she is currently pursuing her PhD. She is an admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. Her professional experience includes practicing as an attorney, serving as a law clerk to Justice Malcolm Wallis of the Supreme Court of Appeal and working as a judicial law researcher. 

Research Interests

  • Admiralty law 
  • Carriage of goods by sea 
  • Regulation of artificial intelligence in the law of the sea  
  • Constitutional law 

Professional Qualifications

  • Attorney of the High Court of South Africa 

Selected Publications

Donnelly D and Govindasamy S ‘To stay or not to stay? Admiralty proceedings after the International Arbitration Act 15 of 2017: Atakas Ticaret Ve Nakliyat AS v Glencore International AG 2019 (5) SA 379 (SCA)’ (2021) 138 (1) SALJ 40-57. 

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