by Editor | Jul 29, 2014 | Legal Lookout
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Holding Vessels Liable for their Owners’ Debt: a Couple Illustrative Cases The venerable maritime law concept that vessels are “folks” responsible and liable for their own debts is centuries old, at least in its earliest forms. It...
by Editor | Jul 29, 2014 | Carriage by Air, International Conventions
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Fears grow that the crash site of flight MH17 in Eastern Ukraine may have been compromised. This is a gross infringement of the internationally endorsed rules how a state where a crash site is situated...
by Editor | Jul 29, 2014 | Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Introduction Arbitration as an elective dispute resolution forum competes with civil jurisdictions and other forms of binding alternative dispute resolution such as expert determination. Arbitration venues also inevitably compete with...
by Editor | Jul 29, 2014 | National Issues
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai As reported in Clyde & Co’s 2011 article titled ‘Chinese charterers deducting taxes from hire payments’ (click here to view), foreign vessel owners engaged in business with Chinese charterers have long faced China’s Enterprise...
by Editor | Jun 27, 2014 | International Conventions, National Issues, Summaries of Cases
Claudio Perrella Italy c.perrella@lslex.com The CMR (Convention on the Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods by Road of 19 May 1956) came into force in July 1961. It has been ratified by the vast majority of European states and has influenced the...
