by Editor | Aug 29, 2024 | Carriage by Road, Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, International Conventions, Jurisdiction + Forum
Charlotte Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Vienna Sales Convention- applicability of general terms and conditions; failure to comply with duty to investigate (Art. 38) and Duty to Complain (Art 39) Ref: Judgment of the Den Bosch Court of...
by Editor | Aug 21, 2024 | Uncategorised
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Orion Shipping and Trading Ltd v Great Asia Maritime Ltd [2024] EWHC 2075 (Comm) Dias J. This was an appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 from a Partial Final Award of an LMAA Tribunal. The underlying dispute...
by Editor | Jun 7, 2024 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. On 20 September 2023 ,the Electronic Trade Documents Act came into force. It is groundbreaking legislation. The driver behind the legislation was to ensure that certain trade documents, in electronic form, if they satisfied the...
by Editor | Feb 29, 2024 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, Multimodal, National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued its final rule on carrier detention and demurrage practices under the Ocean Shipping Reform Act 2022....
by Editor | Feb 14, 2024 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company Ltd [2024] UKSC 6 This extremely important recent decision of the UK Supreme Court case raised, amongst other issues, some fundamental questions in applying the tort of...
