by Editor | Apr 5, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd [2022] EWHC 467 (Comm) Jacobs J. This recent case in the London Commercial Courts raised an important issue on the extent of a party’s entitlement to serve a force majeure notice in circumstances where...
by Editor | Mar 29, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Maurice Lynch and Lorna Anderson, Mills Oakley, Australia The Supreme Court of the UK has handed down a landmark judgment, providing important guidance on the scope of carriers/owners seaworthiness and due diligence obligations under the Hague/Hague-Visby Rules (Hague...
by Editor | Mar 21, 2022 | Carriage by Rail, National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Update: Workers returned to their jobs on 22 March 2022 after an agreement to submit to binding arbitration. Following the required 72 hour lockout notice issued by CP management and the 72-hour...
by Editor | Mar 17, 2022 | Carriage by Road, Case Summaries
Henrik Thal Jantzen, Hafnia Law, Denmark I refer to my article of March 2021 about prospects to avoid CMR limitation by pursuing a claim on the basis of product liability principle. The article was based on a judgment delivered by the Danish Maritime and Commercial...
by Editor | Mar 16, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Update: 31 March 2022 Evergreen Marine has declared General Average after efforts to refloat the vessel failed. The “Ever Forward” has failed to live up to its name as the 334m...
