Articles
CMR: Recent Jurisdictional Developments in Italy
Claudio Perrella Italy c.perrella@lslex.com The CMR (Convention on the Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods by Road of 19 May 1956) came into force in July 1961. It has been ratified by the vast majority of European states and has influenced the...
The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (“the Convention”) was adopted in Nairobi, Kenya in 2007. The Convention enters into force twelve months after ratification by ten...
Freight Forwarder Liable for Delay Due to Passivity
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A freight forwarder had to pay full damages to a shipper because the carriage had been several months delayed and the freight forwarder had remained passive in relation to problems with his sub-contractor. According to the contract, six tanks...
Crimean Ports: Possible Solutions
Alexey Remeslo, Senior Lawyer, Interlegal, Law On March 27, 2014 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Ukraine, which called upon States, international organizations and other institutions not to accept any change in the status of the Crimea and Sevastopol,...
Supreme Court Dismisses CN Fuel Surcharge Appeal
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada The Supreme Court of Canada today dismissed Canadian National Railway‘s (CN) appeal (2014 SCC 40) from the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in Canadian National Railway v Canadian...