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...
by Editor | Dec 20, 2017 | Case Summaries, Jurisdiction + Forum
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada This appeal considered the validity of service of a Statement of Claim in accordance with The Hague Convention on defendants located in a state that is not a party to that Convention. The Court...
by Editor | Dec 11, 2017 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Lina Wiedenbach and Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Facts The Claimant as carrier had entered into a contract with a shipper for the transport of five containers from Hamburg, Germany to Limassol, Cyprus. In performing the transport services, the...
by Editor | Dec 4, 2017 | Case Summaries, Customs Issues
William Fullard, Fullard Mayer, South Africa In common with most customs’ regimes, South African law permits the entry of dutiable imported goods for storage in a licensed customs and excise (bonded) warehouse, with deferment of payment of customs duty, for a maximum...
by Editor | Nov 24, 2017 | Carriage by Air, Case Summaries
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. This case plugs a gap in case law with regard to the common law rule against set off from freight. This rule is of some antiquity for carriage by sea and was extended to international carriage by road by RH&D International...
