by Editor | Dec 14, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Re: Elroumi v. Shenzhen Top China Imp & Exp Co., Ltd China, 2018 FC 633 A recent decision of the Federal Court of Canada centered on the question of whether the Court had specific jurisdiction...
by Editor | Dec 11, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Ref: Volcafe Ltd v Compania Sud Americana De Vapores SA (CSAV) [2018] UKSC 61 Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London This important recent decision of the Supreme Court (as found in a single judgment delivered by Lord Sumption with whom Lords Reed, Wilson, Hodge and...
by Editor | Dec 7, 2018 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai China adopts a civil law system and there is no concept of binding case precedent. Judicial Interpretations, in particular those made by the Chinese Supreme Court, are important legal documents which must be referred by all lower...
by Editor | Nov 29, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
What happened? Martial law was imposed in Ukraine for 30 days as president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko warned of the “extremely serious” threat of a Russian land invasion. The parliament voted in favour of the measure on Monday night in response to the capture...
by Editor | Nov 23, 2018 | Commercial Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Last week CargoX launched its CargoX Smart B/L™ blockchain product to the international transportation industry, marking the first practical commercial application of the technology in the industry....
