ABSTRACT

Now it its second edition, The Law of Yachts and Yachting is a comprehensive treatise on the law relating to yachts and provides its readers with a thorough analysis of maritime law as relevant to the superyacht sector. Written by a team of leading yachting practitioners and researchers, it covers the legal issues arising during the life of a yacht. The book is written for the legal practitioner, yacht-broker and manager concerned with the operation of professionally crewed yachts including financing, registration, chartering, insurance, compliance and casualty management.

Key Features -

•The only practitioners’ book on the area

•It covers all major aspects of yachting law in a single book

The Law of Yachts and Yachting is highly comprehensive - despite its main focus on contract and tort law, it contains references to public law and international law and practice

•References to case law, English, foreign and international

•Appendices containing essential source materials

The second edition will cover important changes in the superyacht industry such as: the new MYBA Charter Form 2017, the Large Yacht Code (LY3) and the Passenger Yacht Code, both shortly to be consolidated into the new REG-YC, and the coming into force of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006, to name just a few.

chapter 1|18 pages

Yacht-Building Contracts

chapter 2|21 pages

Yacht Registration

chapter 3|31 pages

Value Added Tax and Yachts

chapter 4|23 pages

Yacht Finance

chapter 5|30 pages

Insurance Legislation and Contracts

chapter 6|28 pages

Employment and Manning

chapter 7|19 pages

Yacht Brokers

chapter 8|44 pages

Yacht Chartering and the MYBA Form

chapter 9|12 pages

Mooring

chapter 10|24 pages

Sale and Purchase under the MYBA Form

chapter 12|43 pages

Accidents at Sea

chapter 13|22 pages

The Recycling of Yachts