by Editor | May 6, 2015 | Case Summaries, International Conventions
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam A Himalaya clause is a contractual provision intended to confer a benefit on an entity that is not a party to that contract.[1] The name of the clause is derived from the English case of Adler v....
by Editor | Apr 27, 2015 | Case Summaries, International Conventions
Gill Nadel, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel The Law Governing the Control of Commodities and Services (Order Regarding the Engagement in Encryption Items) – 1974 (Hereinafter: “Encryption Order”), regulates the engagement in encryption items while...
by Editor | Apr 27, 2015 | Case Summaries
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Fulton Shipping Inc of Panama v Globalia Business Travel S.A.U. [2014] EWHC 1547 (Comm) Popplewell J This case raised a short but important point as to whether a shipowner claiming damages for charterers’ repudiation of a time...
by Editor | Mar 27, 2015 | Case Summaries, National Issues
Gill Nadel, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel A Freight Forwarder and Customs Agent were Absolved from Responsibility for a Delay in the Releasing of a Shipment Recently, a judgment was given by the Rehovot Small Claims Court, relating to the responsibility of an...
by Editor | Mar 27, 2015 | Carriage by Road, Case Summaries, National Issues
Henrik Jantzen, Kromann Reumert, Denmark On 20 January 2015, the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court rendered two decisions of general interest to Freight Forwarders. The first case concerned inter alia whether court proceedings commenced in order to interrupt an...
by Editor | Feb 26, 2015 | Case Summaries, National Issues
Gill Nadel, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel Recently, the Beit Shemesh Magistrates Court rejected an importer’s claim against the Israel Customs Authority and ruled that even though it is possible to have a forgiving policy towards technical faults in the filing of...
