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Recent Articles
Is a Freight Forwarder responsible for late arrival of goods?
Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel On March 14, 2018, the Magistrate Court in the city of Be’er Sheva in Israel gave a ruling on the question of whether a freight forwarder is responsible for alleged damage sustained by an importer as a result of a...
LPL v Onego Shipping “the Pietro Benedetti”
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Ref: LPL Projects Logistics Spain S.L. and TransGroup Worldwide Logistics v. Onego Shipping & Chartering B.V. – the “Pietro Benedetti” Transformer shipped from Bilbao (Spain) to Houston (Texas)...
Glencore Energy v Freeport Holdings (The Lady M)
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Glencore Energy UK Ltd v Freeport Holdings Ltd (The Lady M) [2017] EWHC 3348 (Comm) Popplewell J. This case raised (on a determination of agreed preliminary issues on agreed facts) some significant points under the...
Sevylor Shipping v Altfadul Company (The Baltic Strait)
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Sevylor Shipping v Altfadul Company (The Baltic Strait) [2018] EWHC 629 (Comm) Andrew Baker J. This was an appeal to the High Court under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 arising out of a London arbitration award whereby...
Goods In Transit, 4th Ed. now available!
The updated 4th Edition of "Goods in Transit", authored by our own Paul Bugden (London) and Dr. Simone Lamont-Black (Edinburgh), is now available for purchase from Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN: 9780414062108 Published by: Sweet & Maxwell Authors:Paul Bugden; Dr...
Grain and Maritime Days Conference – Odessa, May 24-25
Grain & Maritime Days in Odessa has gained a reputation as one of the most effective information and networking venues, gathering annually in Odessa up to 500 top managers of grain and maritime industries, agricultural enterprises, traders, ship owners,...
Ship collision – Prima facie evidence under German Law
Lars Kortländer, Olaf Hartenstein, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Ref: OLG Nürnberg, Endurteil v. 19.10.2016 – 12 U 2194/14 Facts The owner of a German flagged yacht was sued by another German flagged yacht owner for compensation, after the yachts collided in bad...
Action Workforce v DHL – enforcing indemnity
I have settled the claim – Can I enforce an indemnity to recover the settlement? Maurice Lynch, Senior Associate, Mills Oakley Many persons and entities consider that a contractual indemnity gives them carte blanche to settle claims made against them by third parties...
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