by Editor | Jul 25, 2018 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. Fraud always causes a frisson of excitement in court. The recent decision of the Court of Appeal in Sinocore International v RBRG Trading is no exception. This case involved the sale by the claimant to the defendant of a...
by Editor | Jun 22, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Maurice Lynch, Senior Associate, and Tom Mangan, Law Graduate, Mills Oakley. Australia In the age of mega container ships capable of carrying thousands of containers, the potential for incidents affecting large numbers of these containers increases. In the past four...
by Editor | Jun 18, 2018 | Carriage by Road, Case Summaries
Arnold Van Steenderen, Charlotte J. van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Under the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) carriers shall be free to agree among themselves on provisions other than those...
by Editor | Jun 5, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai According to Article 46 of the Chinese Maritime Code, the responsibility of a carrier for cargo carried in containers covers the entire period during which the carrier is in charge of the goods, starting from the time the carrier has...
by Editor | May 16, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Introduction This important Court of Appeal case concerned the scope of the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules and their application to the carriage of goods by sea in containers. Kyokuyo (the respondent to the appeal and the claimant cargo...
by Editor | Apr 23, 2018 | Case Summaries, Principal + Agent
Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel On March 14, 2018, the Magistrate Court in the city of Be’er Sheva in Israel gave a ruling on the question of whether a freight forwarder is responsible for alleged damage sustained by an importer as a result of a...
