by Editor | Mar 12, 2018 | Case Summaries, 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 | Case Summaries, Jurisdiction + Forum
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 | Case Summaries, 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...
by Editor | Jan 24, 2018 | Carriage by Road, Case Summaries
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Ref: Mid-America Freight Logistics, LLC v. Walters Trucking, Inc., 2017 WL 4778570 (E.D. Mo. 2017) Freight broker Mid-America Freight Logistics had a contract with motor carrier Walters Trucking whereby Walters agreed to hold...
by Editor | Jan 9, 2018 | Case Summaries, Jurisdiction + Forum
Arnold Van Steenderen + Milan Simić, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam A voyage of the “Belo Horizonte” from Argentina to the United Kingdom has lead to interesting decisions regarding jurisdiction over the claim for the surrender of evidence seized on board....
by Editor | Dec 20, 2017 | Case Summaries, Jurisdiction + Forum
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada This appeal considered the validity of service of a Statement of Claim in accordance with The Hague Convention on defendants located in a state that is not a party to that Convention. The Court...
