The book is the first 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.

This is the first and only practitioners’ book on the area It covers all major aspects of yachting law in a single book.  

Authors: 

• Richard Coles, Partner, Gateley Richard has specialised in the financing, construction, sale & purchase and registration of ships of all kinds for 38 years, focusing on superyachts for more than 15 years.  He is the author of Ship Registration: Law and Practice (2002) and its Second Edition (2009). He also advises in connection with ownership structures, yacht management, yacht broking, charters and other legal issues arising from the ownership or use of pleasure yachts and commercial vessels. He represents yacht owners, lenders and yacht brokers as well as international trade associations involved in the superyacht industry. He is also a supporting member of the London Maritime Arbitrators' Association and a past member of the Baltic Exchange and for many years served on a number of shipping industry committees. He is a regular speaker in his chosen field at seminars and conferences.
• Filippo Lorenzon, Director, Institute of Maritime Law.  Senior Lecturer in Maritime and Commercial Law. Filippo has been a Visiting Lecturer at several overseas universities and international training centres. He has a LL.D. (Trieste, 1999) and a LL.M. (Soton, 2000) and is fully mualified as an Avvocato in Italy and as a (n.p.) Solicitor in England and Wales. A member of the ICC (UK) Committee on Transport and Logistics, the Italian Maritime Law Association (AIDiM), the British Maritime Law Association (BMLA), the European Maritime Law Organisation (EMLO) and the International Bar Association (IBA).  Filippo has been working with leading maritime and commercial law firms, in London, Genoa and Venice, and regularly advises in his areas of expertise.

ISBN: 13: 978-1-843118886

Published: Taylor & Francis (Informa Law by Routledge) 2012

Binding: Hardback

CONTENTS:

1. Yachtbuilding contracts, Filippo Lorenzon
2. Registration, Richard Coles
3. VAT and other tax matters, James Gopsill
4. Yacht finance, Graeme Bowtle & Richard Coles
5. Insurance legislation and contracts, Nigel Cooper QC
6. Manning of yachts: the employment of captain and crew, Pawel Wysocki
7. Yacht brokers, Nigel Cooper QC
8. Yacht chartering under the MYBA form, Filippo Lorenzon
9. Mooring, Richard Shaw & Filippo Lorenzon
10. Sale and purchase under the MYBA form, Filippo Lorenzon & Richard Coles
11. LY2: safety and compliance for superyachts, Filippo Lorenzon
12. Accidents at sea, Prof. Mikis Tsimplis
13. Scrapping and recycling, Prof. Mikis Tsimplis.