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- CMI Conference in MontrealThe Comité Maritime International (CMI) held its 2023 Conference and Assembly from June 14 to 16 in Montreal, Quebec, hosted by the Canadian Maritime Law Association (CMLA). This event took place at the Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel and brought together global experts and leaders in maritime…
- Unified Interpretation on the Test for Breaking the Owner’s Right to Limit Liability under the IMO Liability and Compensation ConventionsAt present, amongst the Comité Maritime International (CMI) International Working Groups (IWG) is one with the longest name, which gives quite some insight on its activity – the IWG for the Unified Interpretation on the Test for Breaking the Owner’s Right to Limit Liability under the IMO Liability…
- The CMI Guidelines Relating to General AverageThe first known statement of the law of general average is a small fragment of ancient Greek legislation, which forms the text for a chapter in the Digest of Justinian: “Lege Rhodia cavetur ut si levandae navis gratia jactus mercium factus est, omnium contributione sarciatur quod pro omnibus datum…
- Database of Judicial Decisions on International Conventions“Our object was to give to the sea, which is the natural tie between the nations, the benefit of a uniform law, which will be rational, deliberated, equitable in its inception and practical in its text. We have considered that in our work, the shipowner, the merchant, the underwriter, the average adjuster, the banker, the parties directly interested should have the leading part: that the task of the lawyer was to discern what in this maritime community was the general feeling, which, among these divergent interests, is common to all; to discern also which of the various solutions is the best; to contribute to the common work his science and his experience, but that ultimately the lawyer should hold the pen and that the man of practice should dictate the solutions.”
- Restatement of the Lex Maritima //Lex Maritima – principles of maritime law, globally recognised 1.1. What is Lex Maritima? There is an understanding among lawyers specializing in the maritime law that this sphere is based on a number of general provisions – the pillars. However, until recently no attempt has been made to identify…
- A brief history of the Russian Maritime Law Society (1905–1917)This article is essentially a historical review of the Russian Maritime Law Society. The text is divided into four parts. The first part deals with the foundation of the Society and the role of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Romanov, who approved the Charter of the Society. The second part describes the purpose of the Society, namely, to unite the efforts of lawyers to study, develop and unify maritime law; this part also describes the international analogue of the Society, the Comite Maritime International. The Russian Society was its member. The third part describes the activities of the Comite Maritime International in developing international conventions in the field of maritime law. The lack of information regarding the Russian Society of Maritime Law in the Russian archives is made up for through the archives of Comite Maritime International, namely, the minutes of the negotiations of the conventions drafts. The fourth part deals with the personalities and their activities in the Society.
- The Upcoming CMI Assembly in AntwerpAfter the Mexico City Assembly of the Comité Maritime International (CMI) in September/October 2019, the next CMI Assembly was to be held in Tokyo in 2020. Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Assembly in Tokyo was first postponed and then rescheduled to take place in 2025. In 2021…
- A Brief History of the Comité Maritime International and Russia’s Membership1. Value of Maritime Agreements Since ancient times, seafaring has been one of the main ways of accomplishing trade. The seas have not belonged and do not belong to anyone, and people must agree on conduct at sea. Merchants from different states have to concur on the terms for carriage by sea, and…
- General Meeting of the Russian Maritime Law Association “RUMLA”On 8 October 2021, the Russian Maritime Law Association “RUMLA” held an annual meeting and a celebration to mark its joining the International Maritime Committee (Comité Maritime International (CMI)). Back in September 30th, 2021 the General Assembly of the CMI took place where the issue of…
- Russian Salvage formIn September 2021 three round tables took place on the topic of Russian proforma contract of salvage, on September 23rd at the 16th International exhibition-conference “NEVA 2021” and on September, 30th in Vladivostok at the Admiral G. Nevelskoy State Maritime University and in Saint-Petersburg at…
- Russian Lawyers Rejoin the Comité Maritime InternationalThe Russian Maritime Law Association “RUMLA” has been accepted as a member of the Comité maritime international (CMI). “RUMLA” was accepted as a national association from Russia 4 years after the expulsion of the successor of the Soviet association from CMI membership at the CMI annual meeting held…