IMEL Remembers Professor John Gibson

It was a year ago that IMEL's former Director, Professor John Gibson, suddenly died. His colleagues fondly remember him at this time of the year and our thoughts are with his sisters and brother in England. John was appointed to the Chair of Marine Law at UCT in 2001, and became Director of the Institute of Marine and Environmental Law in 2002. A graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, he previously worked in the Centre for Marine Law and Policy at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Here he fostered his interest in coastal and marine legal issues, and pioneered the study of coastal zone law in the United Kingdom. He continued his contribution to this legal field right up until his untimely death, maintaining a comprehensive website on United Kingdom Coastal Zone Legislation.