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...
by Editor | Jan 15, 2018 | National Issues
Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel Israeli law applies international norms to Actual Carriers, both sea and air, including limited liability clauses. Thus, the Israeli Marine Goods Transportation Ordinance applies the Hague Regulations to bills of...
by Editor | Jan 9, 2018 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Arnold Van Steenderen + Milan Simić, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam A voyage of the “Belo Horizonte” from Argentina to the United Kingdom has lead to interesting decisions regarding jurisdiction over the claim for the surrender of evidence seized on board....
by Editor | Jan 4, 2018 | Jurisdiction + Forum
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai As an international firm, we regularly deal with applications for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the Chinese Courts. These applications involve a two-stage approach: 1. submitting an application for the...
by Editor | Dec 27, 2017 | Legal Lookout, Multimodal
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA [Ed Note: This article was first published in December 2017’s “Legal Lookout” and is republished here with the author’s permission] Virtually all ocean freight forwarders and surface freight brokers have to...
