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...
by Editor | Feb 26, 2015 | Case Summaries, Insurance, National Issues
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 | Case Summaries
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...
