by Editor | Jul 26, 2017 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Felipe Arizon, Spain felipearizon@arizon.es Ref: Judgment of 5th October 2016 This was an appeal by Messrs. A/P Moller Maersk AS against the judgment issued by the Valencia Commercial Court in respect to a claim for demurrage and other costs incurred by a shipment of...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2017 | Summaries of Cases
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Facts A tanker barge anchored on the Rhine River within an area were anchoring was prohibited. During a manoeuver the vessel ran aground and was secured with an anchor; the anchor chain blocked the entrance to a...
by Editor | Jul 2, 2017 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Jean-Michel Moriniere, UAE jm@moriniere.org On 5 June 2017, three of the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (“GCC”), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”), the Federation of the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) and the Kingdom of Bahrain (“Bahrain”) have decided to...
by Editor | Jun 27, 2017 | National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai On 15 March 2017, The Chinese GeneraI Provisions of CiviI Law (the General Provisions) were formally adopted at the 5th Session of the 12th National People Congress of the People’s Republic of China. The General Provisions...
by Editor | Jun 20, 2017 | Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Kyokuyo Co Ltd v A P Møller-Maersk A/S [2017] EWHC 654 (Comm) Andrew Baker J. 1. Background facts The claimant was the receiver of three container loads of frozen bluefin, made up of tuna loins and bags of tuna parts, shipped at...
