by Editor | Mar 19, 2019 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. In the recent case Globalink Transportation and Logistics Worldwide LLP v DHL Project & Chartering Limited [2019] the Commercial Court has further defined the limits of the common-law rule against set-off from freight. The rule...
by Editor | Mar 11, 2019 | Multimodal, STCs, Summaries of Cases
Does the General Conditions of Danske Havnevirksomheder (DHAB) apply where the terms have not been expressly agreed between the parties? This was the question in a case recently considered by the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court. Henrik Thal...
by Editor | Mar 7, 2019 | Insurance, Summaries of Cases
Helen Noble, Noble Shipping Law, Ireland Following a recent decision of the High Court in Ireland, insurers should exercise extreme caution when offering a Letter of Undertaking (LOU) in principle as security to prevent a vessel from being arrested. In the cases of...
by Editor | Feb 28, 2019 | Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Adv. Gill Nadel, Adv. Dave Zeitoun, Adv. Shirly Strezhevsky, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Background: In the following article we will review the ruling of the Haifa Magistrate Court regarding F.A.Y. Com Ltd.’s request to delay the release of marine cargo which...
by Editor | Feb 25, 2019 | Principal + Agent, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Medsted Associates Ltd v Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 83. In modern trade practice freight forwarders, as is well known, often assume by the express or implied terms of their contract with their...
