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Recent Articles
Alize 1954 v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Alize 1954 v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG [2019] EWHC 481 (Admlty) Teare J. Background This recent Admiralty case raises a number of interesting points of law and fact arising out of the grounding on 17th May 2011 of the...
Time-Bar incorporated through CIFFA STCs results in Summary Judgment
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada A recent decision of the Federal Court of Canada provides an important analysis and application of contractual time bars, as well as particular discussion in respect of the application of the CIFFA...
Trends in Logistics Investment
Richard Gluck, GSB Law, USA [Ed Note: the following is the text of remarks given by Richard Gluck as President of the Sino-American Logistics Council LLC on the occasion of the Tenth Sino-American Logistics Conference, Jinan, Shandong, China, on 16 June 2019] I am an...
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Watch This Space
Pauline Barrett, Jones Fee, New Zealand The brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) is a native of China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan and is a serious agricultural pest in all places where it has become established, including the USA and parts of Europe and...
Canada Passes BC Tanker Moratorium
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada On June 18th the Senate of Canada passed Bill C-48, “An Act respecting the regulation of vessels that transport crude oil or persistent oil to or from ports or marine installations located along...
Provision of land transportation services in Mexico
María Elena Sierra Díaz, AS Consultores, Mexico The Freight Forwarding Agent is a corporation established in accordance with the Mexican legislation and its corporate bylaws shall include the provision of services for the transportation of all kinds of personal...
ILWU begins limited work action at Vancouver Ports
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Limited work actions by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) are planned to begin today at Deltaport and Vanterm, potentially affecting Canada's main west coast transportation hub....
Destruction of consignment by customs – question of liability
Dr. Marco Remiorz and Lars Kortländer, Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, Germany In a recently published decision of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Düsseldorf the Court held that if the sovereign act (here: destruction of the goods by customs) has been rendered null and...
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