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According to the Civil Procedural Code of Ukraine a court or a judge can take measures for the security of a claim upon the motion of a person participating in the matter. Security of a claim is allowed on any litigation stage if non-acceptance of me...

Various voyage charter proformas , for example, Synacomex 2000 and Gencon 1994, provide for the right of the lien on the cargo by the shipowner at the port of discharge in the case of non-payment of freight, demurrage and other payments (may vary de...

Violations of environmental laws and the failure of environmental regulations is extremely dangerous, that is why the law of Ukraine for these offenses prescribes disciplinary, economic, administrative and criminal liability, depending on the fault,...

Limitation of action is the period of time within which a party must bring a claim. If you miss and do not file a claim within that time, you are "time barred" from filing unless extenuating circumstances exist. There are different limitation periods...

On May 16, 2012 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships of 1952 entered into legal force in Ukraine....

On April 15, 2014, the Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada) of Ukraine enacted Law of Ukraine No.1207-VII “On Assurance of Rights and Freedoms and Legal Regime on the Temporarily Occupied Territory of Ukraine” (hereinafter referred to as “the Law”) which...

The reimbursement of damages for the seamens injuries and deaths is a rather topical problem both for shipowners and for seamen. This brings us to the necessity to analyze the existing situation from the legal viewpoint....