by Editor | Jul 26, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, National Issues, Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, partner, Albert Huang, Associate, Clyde + Co Westlink JLV, Shanghai Liaoning High Court recently issued a judgment ending a six-year legal battle over a consignment of iron ore stored in Dalian Port. The judgment addressed a tricky issue: Where the...
by Editor | Jul 22, 2019 | Multimodal, Summaries of Cases
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Katharina Schmidtke, Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, Germany The Regional Court of Verden has issued a decision on 19 January 2019 (case 9 O 20/16) in which it ruled on the liability of a carrier for the loss of goods and delay of delivery. The facts The...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Alize 1954 v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG [2019] EWHC 481 (Admlty) Teare J. Background This recent Admiralty case raises a number of interesting points of law and fact arising out of the grounding on 17th May 2011 of the...
by Editor | Jul 8, 2019 | STCs, Summaries of Cases
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada A recent decision of the Federal Court of Canada provides an important analysis and application of contractual time bars, as well as particular discussion in respect of the application of the CIFFA...
by Editor | May 13, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai A “weight and quantity unknown clause” in the Bill of Lading for container cargo is rather common in the marine industry but its effectiveness under Chinese law is always a highly arguable issue. Previous practice shows...
by Editor | May 7, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Maurice Lynch, Mills Oakley, Australia The recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in Volcafe Ltd v Compania Sud Americana De Vapores SA [2018] UKSC 61, is the first authoritative analysis on burden of proof in the Hague Visby Rules. The Court held...
