by Editor | Feb 22, 2016 | Carriage by Air, Case Summaries
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 | Case Summaries
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...
by Editor | Jan 21, 2016 | Case Summaries, National Issues
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark In a partial judgment concerning arbitration, the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court rejected a legal appeal against a freight forwarder affiliated with the contracting carrier, since the carrier was not legally bound by the agreement in...
by Editor | Jan 21, 2016 | Case Summaries
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Introduction On 11 September 2015 the Dutch Supreme Court rendered judgment (C&J Veldhuizen Holding B.V. v Beurskens Allround Cargo B.v., S&S 2016/1) on the interpretation of provisions...
