Publication
The International Maritime Human Rights Conference & Dinner The Royal College of Surgeons, London 14 September 2016
The International Maritime Human Rights
Conference & Dinner
The Royal College of Surgeons, London
14 September 2016
First Turkish limitation fund court decision: intent or no intent?
Turkey’s legal practice has improved considerably in recent times.The new Turkish Commercial Code, No 6102 (TCC) was enacted and came into force on 1 July 2012. Up to that point, Turkish judicial pr ...
Author: Prof Dr Vehbi S Ataergin
COSTA CONCORDIA, TWO YEARS LATER
WHO IS PAYING FOR THIS?
Get on board, get on board, damn it! Many of you probably will remember the telephone call from the Coastguard to Schiettino, in which the enraged captain De ...
Author: Lorenzo Macchi
Press Release 11th February 2016 IMHR announces impressive speaker line-up
Press Release
11th February 2016
IMHR announces impressive speaker line-up
Global maritime industry leaders and world-renowned human rights advocates are among the first confir ...
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THE SEAFLOWER AND “THE WALLER TESTâ€
Conditions, warranties or innominate terms?
It is a general rule under common law that the performance of a contract must be precise and exact, otherwise the part not in fault wil ...
Author: Lorenzo Macchi
Unseaworthiness and liability under Turkish law
A recent Turkish Court of Appeal case sheds light on the issue of liability classification societies under Turkish law.
The facts
LIABILITY OF CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES FOR THE NEGLIGENCE OF SUB-CONTRACTORS UNDER TURKISH LAW
Cerrahogullari Umumi Nakliyat Vapurculuk & Ticaret TAS v Lloyd`s Register of Shipping
(Istanbul Denizcilik Ihtisas Mahkemesi, case no 2006/173, verdict no 2008/147; ...
Author: Prof Dr Vehbi S Ataergin
Commercial and Legal Significance of Laytime & Demurrage in English Law and the New Turkish Commercial Code
So far as the global shipping practice is concerned, laytime & demurrage is one of the most complicated topics for both ship-owners and charterers under voyage charter-parties. Thus, the dynamic betwe ...
Author: Caglan Tanriverdi
Fire on board because of unseaworthiness?
The facts
A ro-ro carrier, UND Adriyatik, owned by the defendants UN Ro-Ro IsletmeleriAS,washalf ...
Author: Prof Dr Vehbi S Ataergin
Class Society’s Liabilities with regard to “unseaworthiness†under Turkish Laws (Would be safe to keep working there or some possible escape come true ?)
In General:
In the past, it was found essential in the shipping sector that general standards on competency and certification for the internationally seagoing ships were in need. That ne ...
Author: Prof Dr Vehbi S Ataergin
A battle of the Codes arising in Turkey?
The Turkish Commercial Code that recently entered into force purposely grants contractual parties freedom of contract to use standard terms for maritime contracts and marine insurance policies. Rec ...
Author: Prof Dr Vehbi S Ataergin
THE REDWOOD: ROUGH SEA FOR THE CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES EVEN BEFORE ITALIAN COURT
Soc. Argos Shipping Agency C.  Lloyd`s Register of Shipping - Tribunale di Genova 24/02/2010
Classification of vessels has a huge impact on th ...
Author: Lorenzo Macchi