by Editor | Nov 3, 2017 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam The Rotterdam District Court has handed down a judgment in Overseas Shippers Association Ltd/MOL (Europe) B.V.[1] in connection with disputes that have arisen under a Frame Agreement enabling members of...
by Editor | Oct 25, 2017 | Case Summaries
By Stefanie Landauer and Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Facts Claimant is the transport insurer of cargo interests, the Respondent is a freight forwarding company which has been instructed by the damaged party to deliver goods (that have been...
by Editor | Oct 20, 2017 | Case Summaries, 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 | Case Summaries
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 | Case Summaries
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 | Case Summaries
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...
