Ship registration and choice of law in relation to contacts of employment
In 2016, the Norwegian Supreme Court decided that the law applicable to a seaman’s employment contract is the law of the flag of the vessel on which he served – HR-2016-1251-A. At this stage it is sufficient to state the basic facts of the case: a Norwegian citizen was engaged by a Norwegian company...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/67641 2023-05-15T16:10:44+02:00 Ship registration and choice of law in relation to contacts of employment Falkanger, Thor 2019-01-15T13:50:37Z http://hdl.handle.net/10852/67641 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-70821 EN eng Nordisk institutt for sjørett http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-70821 Falkanger, Thor . Ship registration and choice of law in relation to contacts of employment. MarIus. 2018, 502, 7-20 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/67641 1657277 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=MarIus&rft.volume=502&rft.spage=7&rft.date=2018 MarIus 502 7 20 URN:NBN:no-70821 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/67641/4/Eimskip%2BFalkanger%2B%281%29%2B-%2B240218.pdf 0332-7868 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed AcceptedVersion 2019 ftoslouniv 2020-06-21T08:53:13Z In 2016, the Norwegian Supreme Court decided that the law applicable to a seaman’s employment contract is the law of the flag of the vessel on which he served – HR-2016-1251-A. At this stage it is sufficient to state the basic facts of the case: a Norwegian citizen was engaged by a Norwegian company – Eimskip – as a second mate, and he served on a vessel registered in Antigua. The vessel was on bare boat charter party to a Faroe Islands company and rechartered to Eimskip on time charter terms. The mate was discharged for breach of contract, and the correctness of this action by the employer should – according to the Supreme Court – be decided on the basis of Antiguan law. Further details of the case will be presented later on. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Faroe Islands |
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In 2016, the Norwegian Supreme Court decided that the law applicable to a seaman’s employment contract is the law of the flag of the vessel on which he served – HR-2016-1251-A. At this stage it is sufficient to state the basic facts of the case: a Norwegian citizen was engaged by a Norwegian company – Eimskip – as a second mate, and he served on a vessel registered in Antigua. The vessel was on bare boat charter party to a Faroe Islands company and rechartered to Eimskip on time charter terms. The mate was discharged for breach of contract, and the correctness of this action by the employer should – according to the Supreme Court – be decided on the basis of Antiguan law. Further details of the case will be presented later on. |
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http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-70821 Falkanger, Thor . Ship registration and choice of law in relation to contacts of employment. MarIus. 2018, 502, 7-20 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/67641 1657277 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=MarIus&rft.volume=502&rft.spage=7&rft.date=2018 MarIus 502 7 20 URN:NBN:no-70821 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/67641/4/Eimskip%2BFalkanger%2B%281%29%2B-%2B240218.pdf |
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