by Editor | Jun 10, 2017 | Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Kyokuyo Co Ltd v A P Møller-Maersk A/S [2017] EWHC 654 (Comm) Andrew Baker J. 1. Background facts The claimant was the receiver of three container loads of frozen bluefin, made up of tuna loins and bags of tuna parts, shipped at...
by Editor | May 14, 2017 | National Issues, Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai China has for the longest time been known for adopting one of the most restrictive reciprocity systems in the world. A view widely accepted by even Chinese scholars, this approach has made it almost impossible to recognise foreign...
by Editor | Apr 25, 2017 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Baltic Cable AB in Malmö, Sweden, owns and operates a 600 submarine high voltage, direct current link between Trelleborg, Sweden and Lübeck, Germany. This link...
by Editor | Apr 10, 2017 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai An analysis of the “Ennead” decision: the first CIETAC Hong Kong arbitral award been recognised and enforced in the Mainland Ref: Ennead Architects International LLP v. Fuli Nanjing Dichan Kaifa Youxian Gongsi (2016) Su...
by Editor | Mar 7, 2017 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel The Ontario Court of Appeal recently confirmed that parties who enter into contractual arrangements that include a forum selection clause must show strong cause why they should not be enforced if suit is...
by Editor | Feb 5, 2017 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A shipping company and a freight forwarder agreed to settle a claim concerning nacelles which had been damaged during transportation, the freight forwarder paying 95.000 USD to the shipping company. The Maritime and Commercial High Court ruled...
