Oil Pollution at Sea: Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage, by G. Gauchi; A Comparison of the Legal Regimes of European States and the USA, edited by A. Fitzsimmons and W. Janusz

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-156
Author(s):  
J. Sybesma
Keyword(s):  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Civil Liability ◽  
Legal Regimes ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Compensation For Damage

OIL SPILL LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION

1979 ◽  
Vol 1979 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Carven
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Civil Liability ◽  
International Regimes ◽  
Pollution Damage ◽  
Legal Regimes ◽  
Key Features

ABSTRACT Before the Torrey Canyon incident in 1967, no adequate national or international legal regimes existed to compensate victims of oil pollution damage or to enable governments to recover costs incurred in cleaning up oil spills. But, as a result of this major pollution incident, many national and four major international regimes were developed to make certain that victims of oil spills were compensated for their losses. This article discusses two voluntary schemes, TOVALOP and CRISTAL, and two Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization conventions—the Civil Liability Convention and the Fund Convention. For comparative purposes, it also covers the key features of proposed U.S. legislation generally referred to as “Superfund.”

Compulsory civil liability insurance, financial security: An integral component of compensation for ship-source oil pollution damage

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 435-441
Author(s):  
Pham Van Tan
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Civil Liability ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Liability Insurance ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Pollution Damage ◽  
Significant Harm ◽  
Oil Tankers

Oil pollution damage caused by oil spills at sea generally occurs on a large scale across numerous regions and countries, causing significant harm to marine ecosystems as well as worldwide economic loss. The costs are so severe in many instances that the owner of the ship responsible for the pollution cannot afford to pay compensation to those who have suffered loss. As a consequence, the need to cover oil pollution damages has given rise to compulsory liability insurance, which provides a financial guarantee against the costs of oil spills. Compulsory civil liability insurance has therefore become an indispensable part of the liability regime for owners of oil tankers and bunkers.

scholarly journals Insurance for Civil Liability for Marine Oil Pollution Damages

1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan C Bongaerts ◽  
Aline F M de Bièvre
Keyword(s):  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Civil Liability ◽  
Marine Oil

scholarly journals Civil disputes as a consequence of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-133
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Maganić
Keyword(s):  
Virus Infection ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Group Action ◽  
Employment Relationships ◽  
Ski Resort ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Legal Regimes ◽  
Compensation For Damage ◽  
Contractual Obligations

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly brought and has still been bringing a number of changes to national legal regimes concerning civil disputes. In addition to the tremendous increase in the number of civil disputes, there are also specific legal areas in which these disputes arise as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The most common civil disputes arising from such circumstances concern employment relationships, cancelled travel arrangements, delays in fulfilling contractual obligations, but also compensation for damage caused by the COVID-19 infection. Various frameworks in which infection with COVID-19 can occur, such as organized trips, visits to restaurants, large events, but also visits to hospitals due to medical treatment require an attempt to respond on issues of potential claims for compensation for damage resulting from failure to act. However, the focus of our attention is on cases of compensation for damage suffered due to corona virus infection. In addition, it is interesting and challenging to focus on a group action (ger. Sammelklage) lawsuit for COVID-19 infection in the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl.

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