The importance of clarity in maritime law

• Main Author: John Culley
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti 1989-12-01
• Series: Uporedno pomorsko pravo
• Subjects: maritime law - clarity; shipping contracts - legal positions of the parties; shipping contracts - (in)consistent or (non)contradictory provisions; pomorsko pravo - jasnoća propisa i ugovora; brodarski ugovori - (ne)jasne i (ne)dvosmislene odredbe; brodarski ugovori - pravni status ugovornih strana
• Online Access: https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/314534
• ISSN: 0353-5487

The author advocates clarity of the law either through statutory provisions, agreement or in a court decisions as important means for avoiding disputes resulting in subsequent litigation. The arguments for the importance of these result from analysis of three recent English decisions which the author elaborates in this article.