2011 MLA AGM – DRAKENSBERG
MLASA SCENE: JANUARY 2012
In this edition of the MLASA Scene:
Report on the 2011 MLASA Conference and AGM in the Drakensberg;
2012 – The Year Ahead:
Amendments to AJRA
Strengthening the bond with DOT
Reviewing the Admiralty Rules
A New Marine Insurance Act?
The Stephen Wallace Maritime Trust – Launch and objectives
CMI Meeting – China 2012
2012 MLASA Conference and AGM – proposed venue and date
London Chapter get together
At 6pm on Thursday 12 May 2011, the London Chapter of the MLASA and Peter Edwards of the MLASA Exco will be having a get together (including a few drinks and snacks) at the Skylounge on the 12th Floor of the Mint Hotel Tower of London. All colleagues please feel free [...]
MLASA 2011 AGM and Conference
The MLA Durban Chapter is currently in the process of preparing for this year’s AGM and Conference. The 2011 MLASA AGM and Conference will be held from the 26 August 2011 to the 28 August 2011 at the Champagne Sports Resort in the central Drakensberg mountains situated in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South [...]
Recovery of Captain Roy Martin – April 2011
Captain Roy Martin, a former chairperson of the Durban Chapter and member of the MLA’s Executive Committee, was involved in a very serious car accident on the 18th of September 2010. He was in a coma for about a month in ICU and then spent a considerable amount of time in the [...]
MV Cleopatra Dream: The Supreme Court of Appeal confirms the approach to salvage operations undertaken within the scope of statutory duties – April 2011
The Supreme Court of Appeal has confirmed the judgement handed down in the Western Cape High Court with respect to the mv Cleopatra Dream.
The matter revolved around the issue of voluntariness in salvage, and more particularly whether salvage services, rendered by an authority in the course and scope of a [...]
Latest Shipping and Harbour News out of Africa – April 2011
For the latest shipping and harbour news out of South Africa (and Africa) we recommend that readers of the MLA Scene go to the daily Ports and Ships newsletter at www.ports.co.za.
MLASA ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND AGM FRANSCHOEK, WESTERN CAPE AUGUST 2010
Introduction
The Maritime Law Association of South Africa (“MLA”) recently held its annual conference and AGM from the 20th to the 22nd August 2010 at the Le Franschoek Hotel and Spa in the winelands of the Western Cape. The hotel was previously known as the Swiss Farm Excelsior and certainly the venue and conference [...]
The KZN Maritime Dinner 2010
Announcing the KZN Maritime Dinner 2010
Thursday 14 October 2010. Click the Title above for more info.
The Rotterdam Rules – A Brief Summary of the current position taken from the UNCITRAL website
The General Assembly on 11 December 2008 adopted, the “Rotterdam Rules” officially known as the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea. The Rotterdam Rules establish a uniform and modern legal regime governing the rights and obligations of shippers, carriers and consignees under a contract for door-to-door carriage that includes an international sea leg. The Convention builds upon, and provides a modern alternative to, earlier conventions relating to the international carriage of goods by sea, in particular, the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading (Brussels, 25 August 1924) (”the Hague Rules”), and its Protocols (”the Hague-Visby Rules”), and the United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg, 31 March 1978) (”the Hamburg Rules”).
Professor John Hare’s Second Edition of Shipping Law and Admiralty Jurisdiction in South Africa Published
The Second Edition of Professor John Hare’s Shipping Law and Admiralty Jurisdiction in South Africa Textbook was published in 2009 and is a thoroughly updated and more comprehensive version of his first edition. Below is the foreword written for this book by the Honourable Mr Justice Ian Farlam, Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa.