by Editor | Mar 27, 2015 | Carriage by Road, National Issues, Summaries of Cases
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 | National Issues, Summaries of Cases
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...
by Editor | Feb 26, 2015 | Insurance, National Issues, Summaries of Cases
Shawn K. Faguy, Faguy & Co. Barristers & Solicitors Inc. We represented Travelers Insurance Company (“Travelers”) in its subrogated action against a supplier of iron ore pellets that froze en route from Port-Cartier, Quebec to Toledo, Ohio. The...
by Editor | Feb 17, 2015 | Summaries of Cases
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Introduction On November 28 2013 the Transport Law Division of the Federal Court of Justice decided on a case (I ZR 144/12) in which a manufacturer of tap chargers contracted a freight forwarder (the defendant) on a...
by Editor | Feb 17, 2015 | Summaries of Cases
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Facts The transport insurer of a factory claimed damages from a carrier for damage to transported goods. The insured had engaged the defendant to transport eight boxes containing on-load tap changers from Germany to...
by Editor | Jan 26, 2015 | Liability for Freight, National Issues, Summaries of Cases
Gill Nadel, Goldfarb Seligman, Israel When Does the Court Exempt the Marine Carrier and Freight Forwarder From Liability For Late Arriving Cargo? During the transportation of cargo, whether it is for import of for export, importers/exporters are assisted by many...