by Editor | Feb 28, 2019 | Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Adv. Gill Nadel, Adv. Dave Zeitoun, Adv. Shirly Strezhevsky, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Background: In the following article we will review the ruling of the Haifa Magistrate Court regarding F.A.Y. Com Ltd.’s request to delay the release of marine cargo which...
by Editor | Feb 25, 2019 | Principal + Agent, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Medsted Associates Ltd v Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 83. In modern trade practice freight forwarders, as is well known, often assume by the express or implied terms of their contract with their...
by Editor | Feb 19, 2019 | Forwarderlaw News, Summaries of Cases
Interlegal defended interests of thyssenkrupp Materials Trading GmbH – creditor under the court proceedings against the Ukrainian company – debtor. Кiev Court of Appeal left in force the ICAC at the UCCI Award on debt recovery for goods supply. Interlegal lawyers...
by Editor | Jan 29, 2019 | Commercial Issues, Principal + Agent, Summaries of Cases
Adry Poelmans, Van Doosselaere Avocaten, Belgium In Belgian jurisprudence, controversy has arisen recently as to the question whether a forwarding agent is “presumed” and also “entitled” to initiate, continue and maintain legal proceedings, or halt them if he has not...
by Editor | Jan 18, 2019 | Carriage by Sea, Environment, Summaries of Cases
Ref: Spanish Supreme Court decision dated 18th July 2018 Shipping transport and related activities have an impact on the environment, like many other industries, and may give rise to claims in tort by third parties adversely affected by the vessel’s operation. In a...
by Editor | Jan 4, 2019 | Carriage by Road, Summaries of Cases
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, Germany The Bremen Regional Court recently held a road carrier liable for loss of goods under Article 29 of the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR). According to the court, the...
