by Editor | Mar 6, 2016 | National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/ctareview2014/canada-transportation-act-review.html In June 2014 the Government of Canada commissioned a review of the Canada Transportation Act and related legislation, with...
by Editor | Feb 22, 2016 | Summaries of Cases
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark The Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court has established that a toy manufacturer could bring forward a claim against a Danish transport company, but not against the affiliated Czech company. The claim was based on a transport, which the...
by Editor | Feb 22, 2016 | Carriage by Air, Summaries of Cases
Gill Nadel, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Damaged cargo claims against air carriers (airlines) are subject to an extremely short statute of limitations, becoming time barred two years from the cargo’s date of delivery (or the date it should have been delivered), in...
by Editor | Feb 22, 2016 | Summaries of Cases
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany The Koblenz Regional Court recently decided that according to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), a carrier’s direct claims against the consignee are barred,...
by Editor | Feb 7, 2016 | National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada On 5 February 2016 the Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, announced changes to the Special Economic...
