Droit maritime

What the French flag requires, what the single registration formality involves since 2022, which documents are needed, and what happens on a change of flag.

French criminal penalties for deliberate and negligent discharges, who beyond the master can be prosecuted, detention and bonds, and why P&I does not cover the fines.

Permissible delays, the notice that starts the penalties, when termination is available, and why the refund guarantee decides whether instalments come back.

Notice on the day of delivery, a package limit that can be a fraction of the value, and a one-year time bar only a writ interrupts. What to do in the first seventy-two hours.

The first forty-eight hours decide the cost. How to obtain release against security, when the arrest can be set aside with damages, and the creditor’s one-month deadline.

Why undamaged cargo still contributes, what the average bond commits you to, and the five grounds on which an adjuster’s figures can be contested.

Charterparty demurrage and container demurrage are two different regimes with two different limitation periods. How each is calculated, and where the challenge is won.

Yacht broking is unregulated in France, so everything turns on the mandate. When commission is payable, what the broker owes the buyer, and how to keep a deposit safe.

The APA, the deposit, the breakdown clause and the cancellation terms, what French VAT and consumer law add, and why the default London arbitration clause deserves a second look.

Two years from discovery, capped at twenty years from the sale. When the as is clause holds, when it does not, and why repairing before the survey destroys the case.