http://www.mlasa.co.za Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:20:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.mlasa.co.za/2012/01/2011-mla-agm-drakensberg/ 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. ... http://www.mlasa.co.za/2011/05/london-chapter-get-together/ 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 ... http://www.mlasa.co.za/2011/05/mlasa-2011-agm-and-conference/ 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 ... http://www.mlasa.co.za/2011/05/recovery-of-captain-roy-martin-%e2%80%93-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 ... http://www.mlasa.co.za/2011/05/mv-cleopatra-dream-the-supreme-court-of-appeal-confirms-the-approach-to-salvage-operations-undertaken-within-the-scope-of-statutory-duties-%e2%80%93-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. http://www.mlasa.co.za/2011/05/latest-shipping-and-harbour-news-out-of-africa-%e2%80%93-april-2011/ 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 ... http://www.mlasa.co.za/2010/09/mlasa-annual-conference-and-agm-franschoek-western-cape-august-2010/ http://www.mlasa.co.za/2010/09/the-kzn-maritime-dinner-2010/ 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 ... http://www.mlasa.co.za/2010/01/the-rotterdam-rules-%e2%80%93-a-brief-summary-of-the-current-position-taken-from-the-uncitral-website/ 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 ... http://www.mlasa.co.za/2010/01/professor-john-hare%e2%80%99s-second-edition-of-shipping-law-and-admiralty-jurisdiction-in-south-africa-published/