Case Summaries | ForwarderLaw

Freight Forwarder had to Pay Damages for Tainted Salmon

by Editor | Jan 13, 2016 | Carriage by Air, Case Summaries

Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark The Norwegian Appeal Court has established that a freight forwarder had to compensate a shipper 39,000 Euro as a load of salmons arrived 40 hours late and therefore no longer were fit for human consumption. The freight forwarder had to...

Liability of terminal operator for lifting contaminated goods

by Editor | Dec 23, 2015 | Case Summaries

Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Facts The claimant, a Hamburg terminal operator, was instructed by the charterer of the BBC Naples, a general cargo vessel, to discharge and store pipes in the port of Hamburg. The pipes were discharged from the...

Joint Insurance and Subrogation – Case Analysis

by Editor | Jul 22, 2015 | Case Summaries, National Issues

Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Gard Marine & Energy Ltd v China National Chartering Co Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 16 – Contracts providing for insurance to be taken out in joint names have given rise to problems in relation to subrogation for a number of years....

Shipper Awarded Compensation from Carrier after Settlement with Haulier

by Editor | Jul 15, 2015 | Carriage by Road, Case Summaries, Insurance, Liability for Freight

Aage Krogh, IUNO Denmark A wind turbine nacelle was damaged worth 228.000 EUR during transportation. The shipper of the nacelle made a settlement with the road haulier about compensating 134.000 EUR of the damages. Subsequently, the shipper claimed damages from the...

Kassiopi Maritime Co Ltd v Fal Shipping Co.Ltd [2015] EWHC 318 (Comm) (19 February 2015) Hamblen J.

by Editor | Jun 10, 2015 | Case Summaries

Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Introduction This case is the latest in a long line of reported cases on demurrage time bars and almost certainly not the last. This note considers the main points that arose in the case and some others too. Background facts in...

Letters of Credit – effect of payment – Standard Chartered Bank v Dorchester LNG Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 1382

by Editor | Jun 10, 2015 | Case Summaries, National Issues

Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London The modern cases support the proposition that if the opening or confirming bank fails to pay against presentation of conforming documents under a letter of credit payable at sight, the beneficiary may sue in debt to recover the value...