by Editor | Mar 7, 2019 | Case Summaries, Insurance
Helen Noble, Noble Shipping Law, Ireland Following a recent decision of the High Court in Ireland, insurers should exercise extreme caution when offering a Letter of Undertaking (LOU) in principle as security to prevent a vessel from being arrested. In the cases of...
by Editor | Feb 28, 2019 | Case Summaries, 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 | Case Summaries, Principal + Agent
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 | Case Summaries, Forwarderlaw News
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 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues, Principal + Agent
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, Case Summaries, Environment
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...
