by Editor | Oct 20, 2017 | Case Summaries, Transport Documents
Frazer Hunt and Henry Holland, Mills Oakley, Australia The District Court of New South Wales has ruled that a freight forwarder engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct by issuing house bills of lading with all the hallmarks of negotiable bills of lading where the...
by Editor | Oct 10, 2017 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Ed Note: This article is republished with permission from September’s Legal Lookout. In 1920, Congress passed the Merchant Marine Act, colloquially “the Jones Act,” which governs transportation of cargo within the U.S....
by Editor | Sep 27, 2017 | Case Summaries
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai In a recent case in Singapore, the Court of Appeal examined whether punitive damages may be awarded for a pure contractual breach. Facts PH Hydraulics & Engineering Pte Ltd (PH) designs, manufactures, and supplies heavy offshore...
by Editor | Sep 14, 2017 | Case Summaries
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Fulton Shipping v Globalia Business Travel (The New Flamenco) [2017] UKSC 43; [2017] 1 W.L.R. 2581. Once again fundamental principles of damages for breach of contract have reached the Supreme Court for consideration in the...
by Editor | Sep 7, 2017 | Commercial Issues
Karyna Gorovaya, Senior Lawyer, Interlegal, Ukraine One of the most popular global business activities is international trade. Ukraine is also engaged in such process. Official statistic data show that Ukraine, as the agricultural state, ranks among the top global...
