by Editor | Apr 16, 2019 | Carriage by Air, Commercial Issues
María Elena Sierra Díaz, AS Consultores, Mexico The stages and processes involved in the handling of international air freight are as follows: Internal processes. Processes before the authorities. Processes with correspondents. Internal processes Separated by...
by Editor | Apr 9, 2019 | Commercial Issues, Customs Issues
Dr. Marco Remiorz and Steffen Maelicke, Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein, Germany On 29 March 2017 the United Kingdom submitted its Article 50 withdrawal notification to the European Union. This gave the United Kingdom and the European Union until 29 March 2019 to negotiate...
by Editor | Apr 2, 2019 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues, STCs
By Frazer Hunt, Partner, and Maurice Lynch, Special Counsel, Mills Oakley, Australia On 1 April 2019, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission accepted a court enforceable undertaking from Hutchison Ports Australia Pty Ltd in respect of its standard form...
by Editor | Mar 25, 2019 | Commercial Issues
English law and implied terms – when does the court step in and imply terms into a contract? John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. Introduction As might be apparent, implied terms are terms that have not been expressly agreed by the parties, the latter being stated...
by Editor | Mar 19, 2019 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. In the recent case Globalink Transportation and Logistics Worldwide LLP v DHL Project & Chartering Limited [2019] the Commercial Court has further defined the limits of the common-law rule against set-off from freight. The rule...
by Editor | Jan 29, 2019 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues, Principal + Agent
Adry Poelmans, Van Doosselaere Avocaten, Belgium In Belgian jurisprudence, controversy has arisen recently as to the question whether a forwarding agent is “presumed” and also “entitled” to initiate, continue and maintain legal proceedings, or halt them if he has not...