by Editor | Oct 13, 2020 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, National Issues
The US Federal maritime Commission (FMC) announced a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) earlier this month seeking public comment on the practices of vessel operating carriers relating to the definition of “Merchant”. More specifically, the FMC seeks comments from...
by Editor | Oct 2, 2020 | Commercial Issues, Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently addressed an interprovincial commercial dispute in which contractual choices of law and forum played a central role, overturning the decision of the Superior Court and granting the appellant relief. Ref: Quickie Convenience Stores...
by Editor | Sep 29, 2020 | Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada In spite of global supply chain interruptions caused by COVID-19, carriers and terminals have largely continued to impose tariff charges for storage, detention, and demurrage of containers. While...
by Editor | Sep 25, 2020 | Carriage by Road, Commercial Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. After a lapse of a little over a decade, the RHA have refreshed their carriage conditions. The latest version will be very familiar to most parties. The overall scheme of liability has been retained but there are a few significant...
by Editor | Sep 15, 2020 | COVID-19, National Issues
By Yingbo (George) Wang & Xin Mu, Dentons Beijing Since the sudden outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, numerous central and local authorities in China have enacted policies to bailout businesses and individuals. Meanwhile some of higher people’s courts have issued...
