by Editor | Apr 13, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Glencore Energy UK Ltd v Freeport Holdings Ltd (The Lady M) [2017] EWHC 3348 (Comm) Popplewell J. This case raised (on a determination of agreed preliminary issues on agreed facts) some significant points under the...
by Editor | Apr 9, 2018 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Sevylor Shipping v Altfadul Company (The Baltic Strait) [2018] EWHC 629 (Comm) Andrew Baker J. This was an appeal to the High Court under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 arising out of a London arbitration award whereby...
by Editor | Mar 19, 2018 | Summaries of Cases
I have settled the claim – Can I enforce an indemnity to recover the settlement? Maurice Lynch, Senior Associate, Mills Oakley Many persons and entities consider that a contractual indemnity gives them carte blanche to settle claims made against them by third parties...
by Editor | Mar 12, 2018 | Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Gill Nadel, Dave Zeitoun, Shirly Strezhevsky, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Case Facts & Arguments: A dispute arose between food importers and marine carriers during the release of food shipments which reached their destinations at the ports of Haifa and Ashdod. The...
by Editor | Feb 25, 2018 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Gill Nadel, Dave Zeitoun, Matan Yaacov, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Background: In the following article, we will review a case in which the Haifa Magistrate Court decided to adjudicate a dispute between an international forwarding company and an insurance company, even...
by Editor | Feb 15, 2018 | Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Roy Gilad, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel In January 25th, 2018 a precedent decision was rendered by the Israeli Supreme Court, according to which a foreign jurisdiction clause in a bill of lading applied also to a third party that was not a party to the...
