2014—2015年韩国海商法的最新发展

Recent development of maritime law in South Korea during 2014—2015

2014—2015年,在不断涌现的新的案例以及判决等的推动下,韩国海商法发生了多方面的一系列发展,明确了以下问题:光船租赁登记情况下,船舶优先权的产生及适用范围都取决于船旗国的法律;韩国的强制性法律只有在合同中仅涉韩国因素时才能被适用,不适用于含有外国准据法条款的合同;还款保函是一种"不可撤销的和无条件的"保函。然而,对于还款保函所牵扯到的买方权利滥用问题仍然存有争议。同时,韩国根据"世越号"事件颁布了新的特别法并修订船舶安全相关法令,并确定海事法院将于2017年成立。

There were a series of developments in the field of maritime law in Korea during 2014—2015 driven by emerging cases and their decisions. The following issues have been clarified： The identification and application of the maritime lien under the bareboat charterparty depends on the law of flag state; the compulsory Korean law should be applied only when there are solely Korean factors involved in the contract and there shall not be a choice of law clause stipulating foreign laws; a refund guarantee is an＂irrevocable and unconditional＂guarantee. However,the problem relating to the abuse of buyer＇s right in the refund guarantee is still controversial. Meanwhile,Korea enacted a new special law according to ＂Sewol Accident＂and amended relevant ship safety-related acts,and decided to establish the maritime court in 2017.