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8 Cape Town Convention J. 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/captowjo8 and id is 1 raw text is: Cape Town Convention Journal, Vol. 8 Issue 1, April 2022, pp. 1-2 Editorial Jeffrey Wool University of Oxford, UK - Executive Editor Anton Didenko University of New South Wales, Australia - General Editor This special edition of the Cape Town Convention Journal (the 'CTC Journal') intro- duces a new type of publication format: reports on the proceedings of annual confer- ences held under the auspices of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project ('CTCAP') held in 2019 (in Oxford) and 2020 (in Rome). As in previous years, the format of the conferences was designed to facilitate intensive discussion, with a presenter (the author or co-authors of the paper) and one or more commentators. We were joined by senior academics, practitioners, representatives of international organizations and other officials, who offered their insightful comments and enriched the debate. This issue covers an important period in the history of the Cape Town Convention (the 'CTC' or 'Convention'). On the one hand, it follows the 2019 Diplomatic Conference to adopt a new protocol to the CTC on mining, agricultural and construc- tion equipment (the 'MAC Protocol'), which represents the first expansion of the CTC regime to cover mobile equipment not expressly listed in the Convention (aircraft objects, railway rolling stock and space assets). L. Gullifer, T. Rodriguez de las Heras Ballell and M. Dubovec explore the relationship between the MAC and Rail Protocols and domestic secured transactions law. O. B6ger et al. discuss in their report the key features and importance of an International Registry under the MAC Protocol and outline the key underlying issues and challenges. On the other hand, multiple airlines around the world have recently experienced significant operational disruptions (for reasons that include, but are not limited to, the COVID-19 pandemic), prompting financiers to enforce CTC security against debt- ors in bankruptcy - thus bringing the insolvency-related provisions of the Convention to the forefront. Several publications in this issue focus on the Oceanair litigation in Brazil - the first large-scale insolvency in which the CTC plays a central role. A case note by K. Basch and R. Iezzi provides a detailed description of the facts of the Ocea- nair case, the legal arguments presented and considered by the Brazilian judiciary and a legal analysis of the CTC violations and the impact of the case on financiers. Two reports (by K. Basch and J. Wool) summarize, respectively, the comprehensive CTCAP conference discussions on (i) the misapplication of the Convention by the Brazilian courts and (ii) the subsequent court proceedings in the United States invol- ving the cross-border insolvency provisions of the CTC. The applicability of the Cape Town Convention in US bankruptcy courts is analysed in an article by H. Nahm. Beyond reflecting the increasing level of interest towards the MAC Protocol and the bankruptcy-related aspects of the CTC, this issue includes scholarly articles relevant for the Cape Town Convention system as a whole - in line with the journal's focus on in-depth, qualitative analysis of important, difficult or complex topics related to the Convention and its protocols. Sir R. Goode offers a detailed analysis of the © 2022 The Author Journal compilation © 2022 Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Lypiatts, 15 Lansdown Road, Cheltenham, Glos GL50 2JA, UK and The William Pratt House, 9 Dewey Court, Northampton MA 01060-3815, USA

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