Indian Prime Minister’s three nation visit to Germany, France and Canada with the thrust on “Make in India” can easily be seen as a mood of this 12 month old Government. The growth in the GDP in 2014-15 and with IMF projecting India as overtaking China in growth rate in 2017-18, these is just the reflection of […]
A chief engineer was contracted to serve onboard a vessel which called in Asian ports; the engineer gotAsian flu and subsequently died. His heirs sued for remuneration under the law 551/15, which applies in case of labour accident irrespectivelyof existence of fault of the shipowner. The heirs sued also for moral damages, invoking torton the […]
The taxation scheme for maritime income in Greece provides that dividends deriving from theexploitation of a ship owned by the party distributing the dividends are not taxable.So, in a situation where the shipowning company has income from hires arising from chartering ofits own vessel, it can distribute profits to the shareholders as dividends and such […]
A tug owner sued the shipowner of a coastal ferry and her master for damages, alleging that the berthing actions of the coastal ferry caused the berthing ropes of the tug to break and the latter to be left unmanaged in the sea, resulting to tug’s grounding. The defendants denied the claim, alleging that the […]
A seafarer was injured during a fire alarm test. The accident was blamed on the lack of vigilance of the master, who was supervising the test, and who should have prevented the seafarer from assuming the action that led to his injury. The seafarer sued for damages. Greek law provides that when no fault of the employer […]
On November 27, 2014 Law No. 5,134, which regulates lawyers’ and solicitors’ fees who work in the City of Buenos Aires (hereafter the “Law”), was published in the Official Gazette. The Law, which was promoted by Jorge Rizzo and Daniel Lipovetsky from the City of Buenos Aires’s Bar Association (“CBABA”), was approved in a special […]
With a collapsed energy market in Argentina and a change of the current administration in 2015, it is clear that Argentina will have to develop and invest in the energy sector, and especially in the renewable energies sector. The purpose of this note is to briefly develop some of the main traits of the renewable energy legislation in – and theprospects for – Argentina. National System for Wind […]
A vessel moored in the Elefsina anchorage, due to high winds, drifted towards other vessels anchored at the same area. The vessel had been seized by a bank, which had placed a watchman onboard. In view of the situation faced, the Port Authority advised the former exploiter and majority shareholder of the vessel, a tug jv responsible for […]
When a vessel is auctioned, creditors announce their claims to be satisfied from auction proceeds.Under Greek law, there are four groups of privileged claims (maritime liens), which rank in priorityto naval mortgages and other non – privileged claims. Lawyers’ fees accrued within the two years prior to the first auction date or the bankruptcy declarationand […]
A cook serving onboard a vessel complained of a cold and received relevant treatment. This lasted for some days, during which time the symptoms were pain in the neck, bones and back. He was present at his work during these days. The cook was found dead in his cabin after carrying out his work and […]
When tort is committed by the master or crew, the shipowner can also be found liable, provided the tortious act is linked to the sea employment of the wrongdoer. In other words, the tort would not have been committed unless the wrongdoer was placed in his position by the shipowner. In a grounding of a […]
The International London Treaty 1976 applies in Greece not only at the international level but also at the local level. This is because Greece has not exercised its right to exclude local relations from application of the Treaty, though entitled to do so. The person, legal or natural, eligible to limit its liability may be […]