by Editor | Jun 19, 2016 | Insurance, Summaries of Cases
Olaf Hartenstein and Carolin Schilling-Schulz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Introduction On January 14 2016 the broker law division of the Federal Court of Justice ruled on a case (I ZR 107/14) where the Cologne Bar Association had filed an injunction against an...
by Editor | Jun 9, 2016 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai Ref: Siemens International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd vs. Shanghai Golden Landmark Co., Ltd (2013) Hu Yi Zhong Min Ren (Wai Zhong) Zi No. 2 (27 November 2015) (Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People’s Court). In a recent case in the...
by Editor | May 19, 2016 | Summaries of Cases
Henrik Jantzen+ Thomas Åkerstrøm Nielsen, Kromann Reumert, Denmark In two recent decisions, the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court had the opportunity to review freight forwarders liability for losses imposed on importers due to the MOL Comfort incident,...
by Editor | Feb 22, 2016 | Summaries of Cases
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark The Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court has established that a toy manufacturer could bring forward a claim against a Danish transport company, but not against the affiliated Czech company. The claim was based on a transport, which the...
by Editor | Feb 22, 2016 | Carriage by Air, Summaries of Cases
Gill Nadel, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Damaged cargo claims against air carriers (airlines) are subject to an extremely short statute of limitations, becoming time barred two years from the cargo’s date of delivery (or the date it should have been delivered), in...
by Editor | Feb 22, 2016 | Summaries of Cases
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany The Koblenz Regional Court recently decided that according to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), a carrier’s direct claims against the consignee are barred,...
