by Editor | Sep 9, 2020 | Commercial Issues
Frazer Hunt, Mills Oakley, Australia SUMMARY: The recent explosion in Beirut is a timely reminder to anybody who is involved in the handling of dangerous goods that it is not only necessary to know what you are handling but who you are dealing with both up and down...
by Editor | Aug 25, 2020 | Carriage by Road, Summaries of Cases
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam The court of Amsterdam recently held that the word ‘damage’ in art. 17 paragraph 1of the CMR presumes substantial physical change to the state of the goods and ruled out, in this case, that...
by Editor | Aug 17, 2020 | Carriage by Rail, Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Ik Wei Chong + Christian Liu, Clyde + Co, Shanghai On 30 June 2020, the Liangjiang New District People’s Court, Chongqing (“the Court”) handed down a judgment following legal proceedings over the ownership of goods filed by the holder of a Rail Bill...
by Editor | Aug 2, 2020 | Carriage by Road, Summaries of Cases
Charlotte J. van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam On 24 March 2020 the Court of Appeal in Den Bosch (Bois-le-duc) handed down a judgment in a CMR road transport case where several parcels appeared to have been gone missing, most probably during...
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by Editor | Jul 27, 2020 | Carriage by Sea, Transport Documents
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. A number of claimants all named as ‘shipper’ on a bill of lading for a shipment of 201 packages of cargo described to be in ‘apparent good order and condition’ at the time of inspection, collectively brought a claim against the...
