by Editor | Feb 15, 2018 | Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel In January 25th, 2018 a precedent decision was rendered by the Israeli Supreme Court, according to which a foreign jurisdiction clause in a bill of lading applied also to a third party that was not a party to the...
by Editor | Feb 8, 2018 | STCs
Helen Noble, Noble Shipping Law, Ireland In 2017 a committee of IIFA members commenced a review of the IIFA 1989 Standard Trading Conditions. The revised terms, available for use from 31 January 2018, are the IIFA Standard Trading Conditions and Warehousing Conditions...
by Editor | Feb 1, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany When a sea carrier files for insolvency in the course of the sea carriage, considerable additional costs and expenses occur in the efforts to deliver the cargo to the consignee. If a German freight forwarder is...
by Editor | Jan 24, 2018 | Carriage by Road, Summaries of Cases
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Ref: Mid-America Freight Logistics, LLC v. Walters Trucking, Inc., 2017 WL 4778570 (E.D. Mo. 2017) Freight broker Mid-America Freight Logistics had a contract with motor carrier Walters Trucking whereby Walters agreed to hold...
by Editor | Jan 22, 2018 | National Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. The London Circuit Commercial Court has introduced a voluntary pilot scheme for capped costs litigation. The court is the successor to the London Mercantile Court and is there to provide an alternative to the Commercial Court for...
