by Editor | Oct 27, 2017 | Multimodal
Artem Skorobogatov, Partner, and Karyna Gorovaya, Senior Lawyer, Interlegal (Ukraine) Today international maritime trade is one of the most popular business areas in Ukraine. International contracts are concluded every day, so the issues of their performance, in...
by Editor | Oct 25, 2017 | Summaries of Cases
By Stefanie Landauer and Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Facts Claimant is the transport insurer of cargo interests, the Respondent is a freight forwarding company which has been instructed by the damaged party to deliver goods (that have been...
by Editor | Oct 20, 2017 | Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Frazer Hunt and Henry Holland, Mills Oakley, Australia The District Court of New South Wales has ruled that a freight forwarder engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct by issuing house bills of lading with all the hallmarks of negotiable bills of lading where the...
by Editor | Oct 10, 2017 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Ed Note: This article is republished with permission from September’s Legal Lookout. In 1920, Congress passed the Merchant Marine Act, colloquially “the Jones Act,” which governs transportation of cargo within the U.S....
by Editor | Sep 27, 2017 | Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai In a recent case in Singapore, the Court of Appeal examined whether punitive damages may be awarded for a pure contractual breach. Facts PH Hydraulics & Engineering Pte Ltd (PH) designs, manufactures, and supplies heavy offshore...
