by Editor | Jul 22, 2016 | Case Summaries
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark The Norwegian Court of Appeal ruled that a ship owner was liable for damages to a sea cable due to gross negligence. However, the court eased the amount of damages from € 140,457 to € 54,022 due to the ship owner’s poor financial situation....
by Editor | Jul 8, 2016 | Case Summaries
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court has ruled that a shipyard was not liable for several fires on board a ship, even though the fires were caused by faults due to repairs by the shipyard’s subcontractor. The shipping company could not...
by Editor | Jun 23, 2016 | Case Summaries
Olaf Hartenstein and Michael Semder, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany On March 20 2012 the Cologne Higher Regional Court applied a series of practically relevant rules of (land) transport law. Facts Palettes of canned and jarred food were shipped from Germany to...
by Editor | Jun 19, 2016 | Case Summaries, Insurance
Olaf Hartenstein and Carolin Schilling-Schulz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Introduction On January 14 2016 the broker law division of the Federal Court of Justice ruled on a case (I ZR 107/14) where the Cologne Bar Association had filed an injunction against an...
by Editor | Jun 15, 2016 | International Conventions
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Following the loss of the MSC Napoli, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) – of which 171 nations are Members – approved changes to the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) which will...
