Lowell Morgan says he was exposed to some very bright lawyers and he wanted to distinguish himself so he pursued the Amstar's degree in maritime law. - Contributed

An 18-year veteran of the legal profession, Lowell Morgan joins the exclusive group of fewer than 10 legal experts in maritime law. Like many persons at mid-career, Morgan decided to pursue a master's degree in the specialty because he'd been involved in recruitment of staff for Nunes, Scholefield, DeLeon and Co (NSDCo) and had, in his own words, been "exposed to some very bright lawyers and I wanted to distinguish myself so I took a year's sabbatical and went to the University College of London in England to do it. His dissertation was titled 'A Case for Modernising the Jamaican Arbitration Statutes'.

Morgan is interested in driving the process for Jamaica to adopt the Hague-Visby Rules (1968), that increases the rights and responsibilities in shipping matters (lateness, damage contamination, etc.), so that, for example, cargo owners can recover more when mishaps occur. Jamaica adheres to the Hague Rules of 1924 even though other countries like Barbados have adopted the Hamburg Rules of 1992.