by Editor | Apr 22, 2021 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Mykola Kozachenko, lawyer, and Kyrylo Sudnyk, junior lawyer, Interlegal Ukraine Chartering is an important concept of the global maritime trade sector and it consists of different types. One of the forms of carrying out a maritime business is a time charter. Under a...
by Editor | Apr 21, 2021 | Uncategorised
Nicholas Cumming, Solicitor, and Frazer Hunt, partner, Mills Oakley, Australia Ref: Woolworths vs SCT Logistics [2021] NSWSC 344 A recent decision of the Supreme Court of NSW, Woolworths vs SCT Logistics [2021] NSWSC 344, held that despite there being a force majeure...
by Editor | Mar 30, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada The MV Ever Given was freed on Monday afternoon, six days after becoming stuck in the Suez Canal. Traffic is moving again, but the downstream effects will play out over the coming weeks and the...
by Editor | Mar 14, 2021 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues, Jurisdiction + Forum
Aage Krogh, IUNO, Denmark In a case between a cargo owner’s cargo insurance and a carrier, a dispute regarding the jurisdiction arose. The cargo insurance alleged that the Danish courts had jurisdiction. This followed from the general conditions of the cargo owner’s...
by Editor | Mar 7, 2021 | Carriage by Road, Case Summaries
Henrik Thal Jantzen, Hafnia Law, Denmark In three recent judgements – the first one being delivered in August 2019 and the last one being delivered in April 2020 – the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court have addressed the question of gross negligence in accordance...
