by Editor | Jul 8, 2016 | Case Summaries
Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court has ruled that a shipyard was not liable for several fires on board a ship, even though the fires were caused by faults due to repairs by the shipyard’s subcontractor. The shipping company could not...
by Editor | Jun 23, 2016 | Case Summaries
Olaf Hartenstein and Michael Semder, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany On March 20 2012 the Cologne Higher Regional Court applied a series of practically relevant rules of (land) transport law. Facts Palettes of canned and jarred food were shipped from Germany to...
by Editor | Jun 19, 2016 | Case Summaries, Insurance
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 | Case Summaries, Jurisdiction + Forum
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 | Case Summaries
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 | Case Summaries
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...
