by Editor | Nov 5, 2025 | Carriage by Sea, Transport Documents
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Maersk Guine-Bissau, SARL v Almar-Hum Bubacar Balde SARL [2024] EWHC 993 (Comm) Jacobs J. In this case Maersk GB claimed to enforce against cargo interests (Almar -Hum) the Himalaya clause in a bill of lading issued by Maersk...
by Editor | Oct 27, 2025 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Countries around the world are scrambling to respond to a global trade war launched by Donald Trump, but the US-Canada relationship stands out as one of the most chaotic. Canada is one of America’s...
by Editor | Oct 27, 2025 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues, Principal + Agent
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Hopcraft v Close Brothers Ltd; Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd and Wrench v FirstRand Bank Ltd [2025] UKSC 33 The outcome of this recent Supreme Court decision turned on the question whether the law recognised a duty owed by a motor...
by Editor | Oct 20, 2025 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, International Conventions, Transport Documents
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Tanga Pharmaceuticals Plastics Ltd v Emirates Shipping Line FZE [2025] EWHC 368 (Comm) Bright J. In this case the issues for determination were, a) whether a contractual time bar clause by clause 18 of the bill lading applying to...
by Editor | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorised
Ukrainian Maritime Trade in 2024 –2025: Operational Resilience Amid Ongoing War Arthur A. Nitsevych, Interlegal Ukraine In the fourth year of full-scale war, Ukraine’s maritime sector continues to demonstrate remarkable resilience and adaptability. Cargo volumes...
