by Editor | Aug 25, 2014 | National Issues
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada In Canada carriers of goods enjoy lien rights over cargoes under the common law, but these traditional rights, arising out of old English law, were developed long before the modern global logistics...
by Editor | Aug 25, 2014 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Shmuel Grossman, Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel A company handling acquisition and marketing of metal waste contacted a client from England and agreed upon the exporting of an aluminium slag shipment to Spain. In order to export the shipment, the...
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 | Case Summaries
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...
