by Editor | Sep 6, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. The recently reported case of SK Shipping Europe PLC v VLCC 3 Corporation and another raised a number of legal issues which are of general interest as a matter of English commercial law and arise from time to time but do not often...
by Editor | Jul 12, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
A brief overview of the recent Belgian case law Adry Poelmans, Van Doosselaere Avocaten, Belgium Over the last few years, freight forwarders have been confronted with extensive (and sometimes outrageous) demurrage charges from sea carriers. Although demurrage serves...
by Editor | Jul 7, 2021 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
The increase in customs value in Israel, due to the increase in transport prices – the problem, and the way to the solution Adv. Omer Wagner, Kesselman & Kesselman, Israel In the past year, sea freight prices have risen sharply, an increase that has not been...
by Editor | Jun 28, 2021 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Pauline Davies, Fee Langstone, New Zealand The law has long recognised that where an insurer has indemnified an insured for loss caused by a third party, the insurer can sue the third party in the insured’s name to recover the amount paid. However, two recent English...
by Editor | May 27, 2021 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
Arthur A. Nitsevych, partner, and Taras Dragan, lawyer, Interlegal Ukraine Ukraine has long been an active party to international business relations; therefore, the issue of recognizing foreign judicial and arbitration awards in Ukraine is a vital and crucial element....
by Editor | May 6, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
Steffen Maelicke and Dr. Marco Remiorz, Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, Germany The grounding of the Ever Given container vessel in the Suez Canal caused considerable congestion for many other vessels which were trapped on both sides of the canal. As such, cargo interests...
