by Editor | Jul 25, 2022 | Summaries of Cases, Vessel Arrest
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. Ref: Pacific Pearl Co Limited v Osios Shipping Inc A recent case before the Court of Appeal has considered what security should be seen as acceptable either to avoid the arrest of a vessel or obtain her release. Although the...
by Editor | Jun 17, 2022 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Ivy Technology Ltd v Martin [2022] EWHC 1218 (Comm) Henshaw J. The concept of agency is pervasive throughout the law of carriage of good in many different contexts. Central to agency in law is the conferral of authority by the...
by Editor | Jun 8, 2022 | Summaries of Cases
Michael Zbonikowski, Dr. Marco Remiorz, Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, Germany The parties were in dispute about damage that occurred to goods while they were being stored during transit. The plaintiff sold a used injection moulding machine to a customer in India and...
by Editor | May 18, 2022 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Pakistan International Airline Corporation v Times Travel (UK) Ltd [2021] UKSC 40 A refusal by a carrier to carry further or indeed at all absent compliance with a demand for payment or further payment or some other renegotiation...
by Editor | May 11, 2022 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
First Time Chinese Court Recognises English Commercial Judgment – The Expanded Interpretation of the “Principle of Reciprocity” Ik Wei Chong, Flora Tang and Si Cong Jiang, Clyde + Co, Shanghai On 17 March 2022, after obtaining approval from the...
by Editor | May 4, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: MVV Environment Devonport Ltd v NTO Shipping GmbH & Co KG [2020] EWHC 1371 (Comm) HHJ Pelling QC. The ultimate issue that arose in this case is whether the claimant was party to the contract of carriage evidenced by the...