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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

‘Respect, Responsibility and Remedy i ...

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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 TEST”

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


The dispute was between th ...

Author: Prof Dr Vehbi S Ataergin

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