by Editor | May 11, 2022 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
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, Case Summaries
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...
by Editor | Apr 19, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Felipe Arizon, Arizon Abogados SLP, Spain Ref: MV UGLJAN, damage to bulk cargo of soybeans; whether carriers were responsible for the damages suffered by the Argentinian soybeans arrived in Malaga caked, dark, and hardened, or whether the damages were to be attributed...
by Editor | Apr 14, 2022 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: DHL Project & Chartering Ltd v Gemini Ocean Shipping Co. Ltd [2022] EWHC 181 (Comm) Jacobs J. This recent case in the London Commercial Court considered the effect of a “subject shipper/receivers’ approval”...
by Editor | Apr 5, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd [2022] EWHC 467 (Comm) Jacobs J. This recent case in the London Commercial Courts raised an important issue on the extent of a party’s entitlement to serve a force majeure notice in circumstances where...
by Editor | Mar 29, 2022 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Maurice Lynch and Lorna Anderson, Mills Oakley, Australia The Supreme Court of the UK has handed down a landmark judgment, providing important guidance on the scope of carriers/owners seaworthiness and due diligence obligations under the Hague/Hague-Visby Rules (Hague...
