The January/February 2017 edition of the Insurance Journal of SEAIDA nº 176 includes a commentary on the Judgment of the Spanish Supreme Court nº 624/2016, by our partner David Diez Ramos and our assistant lawyer María del Carmen Jimenez Rivas, in which they review the liability of Electricity Supply Entities as directly liable for the quality of the service to the consumer.
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The Spanish Supreme Court has now published the much-awaited Judgment on the PRESTIGE. In this short article we consider the findings of the court against the P&I Club and the implications of this ruling in Spain in relation to the right of direct action against marine insurers and where the marine insurance policy is subject to a foreign law.
Language: English
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We have attended the Big Tent Event in London organized each year by TRAVLAW for the Tourism Sector. On this occasion, all partners attended the event to mark the steady growth of this area of law within the firm.
We are pleased to have entered into a legal cooperation agreement with Polish law firm DUDKOWIAK & KOPEC to attend to the needs of theirs clients in Spain and the needs of our clients in Poland in the areas of law that both firms share a mutual specialization.
We have again drafted the chapter on Spanish Shipping Law for the 2016 edition of Getting the Deal Through alongside some 35 other international law firms specialized in this sector. The Chapter on Spanish Shipping Law incorporates all the relevant changes introduced by the Law of Maritime Navigation 14/2014 that came into force on the 25th September 2014.
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The Chapter is distributed with the kind permission of the Law Business Research Ltd. The Chapter was first published in Getting the Deal Through – Shipping 2016 (published in September 2016; contributing editor: Mr. Kevin Cooper, Ince & CO LLP). Getting the Deal Through is a database of law and regulation in 58 practice areas and more than 150 jurisdictions containing concise explanations to the most important legal and regulatory matters that arise in business deals and disputes worldwide. For further information please visit www.gettingthedealthrough.com
This short article explains what freight can be recovered, who can exercise the right and against whom, whether freight can be recovered against a party who has already paid, whether the parties can contract-out, whether the right applies to international carriage and time limits.
Language: English
You can request a copy at rogers@rogersco.es
In addition to be a proud sponsor of the Pre-Congress Seminar on Transport in the 53rd AIJA Congress held in London between the 1st and 5th September, our partner David Diez Ramos participated in the session of Direct Action in Marine Insurance speaking on the topic under a Spanish Law perspective.
We have been invited to participate in the on-line legal publication, “Lawyer Monthly” (June 2015 edition) special feature on shipping and maritime issues
ROGERS & CO. ABOGADOS participated and successfully bid, on behalf of clients in the auction by the Port Authority of Algeciras, for the MV “BOUGHAZ”.
Our partner David Diez Ramos has been invited to speak at the Working Party Meeting on Marine Insurance at the International Insurance Law Association (AIDA) Vth Conference to be held in Copenhagen on the 11th and 12th June 2015.
David’s paper will focus on “The New Spanish Law on Maritime Navigation 14/2014 – A marine insurance perspective”.
