Author Marcel Vaarzon-MorelPosted on Categories Maritime & Superyacht Sharing your yacht with friends, family or trusted business partners can prove to be a cost effective way of ‘having your cake and eating it to’. It’s fair to say that generally your purchase will be emotional and involve a dream. However, every purchase has a cost point where your wishes and reality intersect and this should be considered….
Read more…Author Marcel Vaarzon-MorelPosted on Categories Maritime & Superyacht Marcel, Principal Lawyer and Consultant of Vaarzon-Morel Lawyers shares some of his experiences while assisting in boat transactions both in Australia and Overseas alerting the reader to both the practical and legal realities. Early Advice Early contact with your lawyer is in itself an important point, as so often clients contact us after the horse has bolted or should I say…
Read more…Author Marcel Vaarzon-MorelPosted on Categories Maritime & Superyacht From armed conflicts to delivering pizza it is undeniable that drones are becoming part of our everyday living. And like the smart phone soon we will wonder how people got along without this technology, of course, there will be those who feel it’s all gone too far….
Read more…Author Marcel Vaarzon-MorelPosted on Categories Maritime & Superyacht The New Zealand Millennium Cup is back on the agenda with a fleet of yachts showing off on the emerald waters of the Bay of Islands. In these circumstances it seems very fitting to discuss the rules of yacht racing and how it actually applies to the law of sea. While I would love to talk about when yachting…
Read more…Author Marcel Vaarzon-MorelPosted on Categories Maritime & Superyacht Centuries of trade have defined many different trade routes throughout Asia based on favourable currents and winds that made trade commercially viable. While wind and currents are no longer essential to use these routes, they remain historically and legally essential for the transit of vessels from; commercial shipping through to fishing and the smaller cruising craft and the modern…
Read more…Author Marcel Vaarzon-MorelPosted on Categories Maritime & Superyacht Maritime Insurance The origin of insurance itself is water-bound. Maritime insurance is considered one of the earliest well-developed forms of insurance, with its origins in the Greek and Roman maritime loans of the 18th Century. Today, In Australia, marine insurance policy contracts are governed by the Marine Insurance Act 1909 (MIA). Marine ‘adventures’ and ‘perils’ Under MIA, contracts of marine insurance are…
Read more…Author Marcel Vaarzon-MorelPosted on Categories Maritime & Superyacht Scientists and the petroleum industry no longer are the sole explorers of the Arctic. With the melting polar ice caps new routes are opening up to places only a privileged few could have had passage to in the past. Icebreakers were almost a necessity for the few scientific and cargo vessels that dared to gaze upon the ivory hills….
Read more…Author Marcel Vaarzon-MorelPosted on Categories Maritime & Superyacht By Marcel Vaarzon-Morel Aims of AMSA Under AMSA (Australian Maritime Safety Association) new National Standards have several aims, including simplifying maritime safety laws, removing barriers to inter-state commercial business activities; providing uniform safety requirements and standards; and providing a national framework for enforcement and compliance with these standards. Under the National Standards, AMSA becomes the national regulator, and has its…
Read more…Author Marcel Vaarzon-MorelPosted on Categories Maritime & Superyacht Recent criminal charges brought against the Captain of a ship travelling through the Great Barrier reef raise the question of pilotage of Superyachts through this most precious and spectacular of Marine Parks. Two days after the 2015 New Years Eve, Vaarzon-Morel Lawyers represented an unlucky Chinese captain who found himself miles from home languishing in the lock-up under Newcastle Court…
Read more…Author Marcel Vaarzon-MorelPosted on Categories Maritime & Superyacht At the end of 2014 Christmas for most of us was a busy time of year, running out of time to complete the last minute end of year jobs, being rushed to purchase gifts and those festive foods is all pretty normal. But for my client the pressure was really on to have his beautiful Superyacht successfully launched and…
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