ARE ATTORNEY FEES RECOVERABLE UNDER ARTICLE 74 OF CISG?

Year 2018, YBHD 2018/1, 177 - 205, 20.02.2018

Ali Talip Pınarbaşı

Abstract

ABSTRACT

    United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) consists of a set of rules which govern international commercial transactions related to contracts of sale of goods . Article 74 of the CISG regulates requirements that need to be fulfilled for recovery of damages and stipulates that "damages for breach of contract by one party consist of a sum equal to the loss, including loss of profit, suffered by one party…". It is not explicitly stated in this article whether attorney fees fall under the category of loss and this issue has been highly debated especially since US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in 'Zapata case' that attorney fees cannot be compensated under article 74 of CISG.

    In this article, firstly, so-called Zapata case will be analyzed and criticized in detail. Secondly, it will be argued that the CISG article 74 should be interpreted in a way that includes attorney fees.

Keywords

CISG, attorney fees

AVUKATLIK MASRAFLARI CISG'NİN 74. MADDESİ KAPSAMINDA TAZMİN EDİLEBİLİR Mİ?

Abstract

ÖZET

Milletlerarası Mal Satımına İlişkin Sözleşmeler Hakkında Birleşmiş Milletler Antlaşması (CISG) satım sözleşmelerine ilişkin uluslararası ticari işlemleri düzenleyen kurallardan oluşur. CISG'nin 74. maddesi zararların tazmin edilmesi için gerçekleşmesi gereken şartları düzenler ve bu maddeye göre: "Taraflardan birinin sözleşmeyi ihlâli halinde ödenecek tazminat, mahrum kalınan kâr dâhil olmak üzere, ihlâlden dolayı diğer tarafın uğradığı zararın toplamına eşittir". Bu maddede avukatlık masraflarının 'zarar' kapsamına girip girmediği açıkça düzenlenmemiştir ve bu konu özellikle Amerikan 7. Temyiz Mahkemesinin 'Zapata' kararında bu zararların CISG m. 74'e göre tazmin edilemeyeceğine ilişkin kararından bu yana yoğun bir şekilde tartışılmaktadır. Bu makalede söz konusu 'Zapata' kararı detaylı bir şekilde analiz edilecek ve CISG m. 74'ün avukatlık masraflarını içerecek şekilde yorumlanmasının gerektiği tartışılacaktır.

Keywords

CISG, Avukatlık masrafları

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