by Editor | Nov 29, 2016 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Toronto, Canada Facts: The plaintiff, a US bank, had lent an American individual (McMahon) USD$146,390 for the purchase of the “Never E Nuff” , a 38-foot pleasure craft, and had registered the mortgage with the US...
by Editor | Nov 13, 2016 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Shmuel Grossman, Grossman, Cordova, Gilad & Co, Israel A ruling given a number of days ago in the Israeli Supreme Court, demonstrates how the legislation governing the requirements to pay customs duty is to be interpreted. This relates to a dispute between a...
by Editor | Nov 7, 2016 | Summaries of Cases
George Wang, Dentons Beijing The practices of cargo forwarding businesses are always contentious, especially in Chinese jurisdiction, where the industry is governed by several statutory laws and regulations. Every party involved should be scrupulous when doing the...
by Editor | Nov 6, 2016 | Carriage by Sea, National Issues, Summaries of Cases
Gill Nadel + Ohad Krief, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Importers utilize the services of various logistics entities in the cargo transportation process, including international forwarders, shipping companies, air carriers, custom brokers, logistic warehouses and many...
by Steve Block | Aug 29, 2016 | Carriage by Sea, Legal Lookout, Summaries of Cases, Transport Documents
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA Whether master contract trumps conflicting bill of lading is a question of fact not properly decided on summary judgment. Shipper-carrier volume cargo arrangements typically are documented by master contracts stating general terms...
by Editor | Aug 2, 2016 | Carriage by Rail, Summaries of Cases
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam On 4 May 2013 the first five wagons containing acrylonitrile of a freight train derailed in Wetteren, Belgium, due to the driver missing a sign alerting him for switches where the train had to reduce...