by Editor | Oct 19, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, Commercial Issues
John Habergham, Myton Law, Hull U.K. This case must be of interest to those who conduct business internationally and which may involve a number of time zones around the world. Although it was a case dealing with the vessel owners’ claim for demurrage, it is of wider...
by Editor | Oct 4, 2021 | Commercial Issues
A review of cyber fraud involving payments into fraudulent bank accounts in Mainland China By Flora Tang and Eric Mo, Clyde + Co, Shanghai Background The continuous development of cyber technology has also resulted in cybercrime permeating into various industries and...
by Editor | Sep 6, 2021 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
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, Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
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 | Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
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...
