by Editor | Oct 20, 2017 | Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Frazer Hunt and Henry Holland, Mills Oakley, Australia The District Court of New South Wales has ruled that a freight forwarder engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct by issuing house bills of lading with all the hallmarks of negotiable bills of lading where the...
by Editor | Sep 27, 2017 | Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai In a recent case in Singapore, the Court of Appeal examined whether punitive damages may be awarded for a pure contractual breach. Facts PH Hydraulics & Engineering Pte Ltd (PH) designs, manufactures, and supplies heavy offshore...
by Editor | Sep 14, 2017 | Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Fulton Shipping v Globalia Business Travel (The New Flamenco) [2017] UKSC 43; [2017] 1 W.L.R. 2581. Once again fundamental principles of damages for breach of contract have reached the Supreme Court for consideration in the...
by Editor | Sep 1, 2017 | Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Gard Marine and Energy Ltd v China National Chartering Company Ltd [2017] UKSC 35; [2017] WLR 1793. By a demise charterparty the vessel’s owners, Ocean Victory Maritime Inc. (“the owners”) chartered the vessel to Ocean Line...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2017 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Felipe Arizon, Spain felipearizon@arizon.es Ref: Judgment of 5th October 2016 This was an appeal by Messrs. A/P Moller Maersk AS against the judgment issued by the Valencia Commercial Court in respect to a claim for demurrage and other costs incurred by a shipment of...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2017 | Summaries of Cases
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Facts A tanker barge anchored on the Rhine River within an area were anchoring was prohibited. During a manoeuver the vessel ran aground and was secured with an anchor; the anchor chain blocked the entrance to a...
